Is it just my imagination or have we really become more self-absorbed over the past decades? Look at the progression for magazines. In the 1950s, we had Life magazine, which pretty much covered everything around us. In the 1960s, we narrowed that scope down to People. We weren't too concerned about other forms of life, just our own. In the 1970s we had US Magazine. Not them. It's all about us. In the 1980s, we specialized. We wanted our uniqueness featured so we started buying Teen magazine, Active Living, and women's and men's magazines. In the 1990s, we grew tired of those in our group. We wanted something more fascinating and exciting so we began reading Self magazine — what a great name! And beginning with the 2006 Time magazine, we have narrowed that scope even further — me. It's all …