Why are people today so unhappy with traditional values?
  It seems that more and more, the things which have traditionally been
important to people, the old-fashioned values which have driven humanity for
millenniums, are considered just that: Old-fashioned.
  Times change, these people say. Civilization moves onward, and with it,
they reason that what civilization strives for must change as well.
  And so the old things are put aside. Family values are obsolete. The
traditional "nuclear family", of married parents who raise their own
children, is obsolete. Marriage itself is obsolete, an antiquated relic from
the past. After all, why tie yourself down that way, right? When your current
partner gets boring, you can just dump them and find another. If you already
have children, they'll survive with just one parent.
  The Bible is obsolete. Many say it must be re-written to reflect the
changing times. Others simply dismiss religion itself as obsolete, a device
of the past to keep people in line.
  Biological humanity is obsolete. Many scientists predict a future of
electromechanical, rather than carbon-based, people. They will be immune to
biological viruses and bacteria, having no cells to infect. They will be
utterly efficient, solar-powered, requiring very little energy, and
non-polluting. Will they be capable of emotion? Perhaps; perhaps not. After
all, someday emotion will be a thing of the past, an obsolete value of
old-fashioned people.
  A brave new world. A Utopian new future.