See we were the last/only generation to know fully what life is like before AND after the internet/smartphones. THAT experience is what is beyond millenials.
They may live longer and more peacefully than we do/did, but we have done that too, as compared to our baby boomer parents. That's a tangent tho.
Slacker.
Your film gods: Lee Van Cleef and Laura Gemser
http://tinyurl.com/pa4ud44
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You're currently using one of the largest factors in the generation gap.
The INTERNET.
Back in the day, all anybody knew was what they heard from neighbors, teachers, books, radio, newspapers, later on television..
NOW if you've got a question, there is a limitless source of information right there in your pocket. Kids are growing up with maximum exposure to information and there's no turning back.
Just in the past hundred years, look at how old and antiquated ways have changed gradually as younger, more evolved children grew up and decided to change things.
Evolution is occurring right in front of your face and if you're failing to grasp that concept, it looks like it has already moved past your level of thinking.
Well, it is certainly true that children today (I mean those living in comfort in a technologically advanced country like the US) are growing up in a world which is radically different on account of the internet and what it offers. In many ways it is a tremendous enhancement.
But, as someone who has been both a college instructor and a hands-on father of two millenials, I am skeptical of the statement that children nowadays are "smarter", if one takes as a metric not how much information is at one's fingertips, but rather ability to solve problems, ability to concentrate, etc. It's really a mixed bag. My own feeling is that many children are more distracted than ever before. I doubt very much most of them concentrate better than their parents. It is also true that for certain scholastically gifted children, for example those with an interest in mathematics and science, the internet and the opportunities it offers for accelerated learning has been an extraordinary enhancement. A mixed bag, as I say.
"Evolved" is a tricky word. Immersion in a world with rapid changes in technology and standards of living does of course result in different sets of adaptations and behaviors, but at a fundamental genetic level, I should think change has been rather more gradual.
I absolutely agree as someone on both sides of the fence.
On one hand, I've used the internet as a tool for neurological enhancement. On the other, I've been known from time to time to procrastinate on the internet when something important required my attention.
Intelligence is sought after, not necessarily inherited. Evolution is genetically inherited; and where the physical aspects of it are in fact gradual, the neurological evolution of developing minds is absolutely prevalent due to the availability of newer technology.
From story tellers, to papers, to radio, to television, and finally to the introduction of the internet (now in our pockets), each generation has had a different level of exposure to information that has drastically improved intelligence. What individuals do with their access to this information is up to them. Watching videos of cats seems to be a popular trend to those with said access :P
I am so grateful I am a Gen-Xer. We had awesome music, a lot of new technology growing up but not the crazy, impersonal "zombie"-mode of people buried in smartphones while out to dinner together, yet we are young enough to begin enjoying the Internet in our 20's and pick up the technology easily. I would hate to have grown up as a kid today with all the distractions, cyber-bullying and self-absorbed social media mentality of all wanting to be famous or get attention (not to mention worrying about things we never had to, like guns in school).
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Yeah, and if all that weren't enough, the name "Generation X" just sounds cool.
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I remember life before the internet and I am a millenial. Don't remember it as well as a gen x'er sure but I remember the first time I used the internet- I was 9, we had to go to the library. We didn't really use it in school much until I was in high school. I didn't use email until 8th grade, wasn't something I used much as a kid.
shareAnd this indicates / shows / proves / suggest WHAT?
It seems you are responding as if someone made the statement, “100% of people that could possibly labeled Millennial have never not known the Internet.”
The problem is, nobody said that. And your effort to point out a token or anecdotal exception to a supposed rule, as if that would invalidate the rule, is totally off track from the substance of the discussion.
How very Millennial of you.
Your film gods: Lee Van Cleef and Laura Gemser
http://tinyurl.com/pa4ud44
Millenials are cheesy, not cool! They have the worst taste in music!
shareSee we were the last/only generation to know fully what life is like before AND after the internet/smartphones. THAT experience is what is beyond millenials.
They may live longer and more peacefully than we do/did, but we have done that too, as compared to our baby boomer parents. That's a tangent tho.
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