Kardashians?

Is there anyone else out there who is sick of hearing about the Kardashians?  I mean really!?  Who cares?  Yes they are numerous. Yes they are good looking. But why are they in the public eye?  Why has the media made such a fuss over them?

Frankly, I don’t get it.

Lots of people get married. Every year. It is special to them of course. But why would that be important to the public? The family, yes; public, no. And the couture lavished on their bodies, the swank surroundings of their nuptials and afterward celebrations? Why does the American public want to see this stuff? To see what life could be like if they had more money?

Life is not about money. It is about relationships and inner peace. And the intellectual development to understand and appreciate all of this. Seeking fulfillment via the lives of others, especially those unattainable to ourselves, seems not only fruitless, but sick.

I have not yet learned of the specialness of the Kardashians.  Good looking? They are not wealthy. They are pretty. And they somehow have landed in the public eye and on television. They are not actors, business people or thinkers. They are not educators, or donors to good causes. They just appear in public and manipulate empty headed social opinion.

Of what use is all of this?

We have poverty issues to solve in our land. We have brilliant minds going to waste because we are stingy with our education dollars. We waste resources on social nonsense while real people with real promise and real solutions to the ills of the world go begging.

I really don’t want to go on a rant about this. But here’s the deal. I am getting a strong sense that America has become the land of the lowest common denominator. It seems to have forgotten the extraordinary things that need to be done and can be done by us. All while we waste time and resources on things that simply do not matter.

Is this what all of our charity, church-going and ‘higher education’ amounts to? Are we simply going to ignore the important so we can make false heroes out of the unimportant?

I think we are capable of much more. More importantly, we need to do much more. People are counting on us. So why aren't we?

A recent headline story touted the growth of MBA programs. I’m wondering if Masters of  Business Administration degrees are actually in demand to fill a high market need in the business community or if degree seekers have run out of other options? Like jobs, good career growth in current jobs, or companies who simply have outgrown their mission and vision and don’t realize that the economy is seeking a new normal? 

American society is in the throes of reinventing itself. Therefore American business is in the same process. But do our business leaders get that?

Stagnation in business causes unemployment. Stagnation of business leadership does as well. Job seekers or people at dead end careers are seeking other opportunities with substance. Are employers able to think ahead of the game?

I think not. So, back to school for lots of people who don’t know what else to do.

I hope someone in business schools can help us all understand what their new surge of students are studying for these MBA's. Is it really the new or is it a stop over between jobs?

Meanwhile, let’s further divert our serious attention to the Kardashians. Hmmm. Perhaps that’s the secret of their allure?

May 30, 2014