Social / Problems / Attitude Problems / Averseness to Change

This refers to the unwillingness of people to change their lifestyles. This increases with age and tradition. The stereotype of age is this: The older you are, the more stable your life should be. Similarly with tradition, breaking a proud or cherished tradition can even be considered heretic in some ways!

In the quest for economic stability most people typically take up one job throughout their life and are prepared to stick it through. It is the only thing they know how to do, and they are not willing to change it for fear that their livelihoods will be destroyed. Take for example farmers that slash and burn land to grow crops. If the green methods of crop recycling fail, they lose money! Similarly, if a worker in a highly pollutive industry like steel manufacturing is forced to change occupations, he is both apprehensive and afraid because he isn't trained for anything else!

"If the tried and tested method has worked for decades, even centuries, why should it be my generation to change?"

In the steel-industry example quoted just now, such workers may group together to form something called a union. These are forms of lobby groups that are very influential and ensure better wages and stability for the workers. If an entire pollutive factory is going to be renovated or torn down, these unions will protest greatly.