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Technology creating mini-generational differences
Brad Stone, a write for The New York Times, recently penned a fascinating and intriguing piece called The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20’s. His column is about the latest research on the possibility “that the ever-accelerating pace of technological change may be minting a series of mini-generation gaps.” As an example, Stone refers to Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, who said, “People two, three or four years apart are having completely different experiences with technology. College students scratch their heads at what their high school siblings are doing, and they scratch their heads at their younger siblings. It has sped up generational differences.”
Why is this a concern? The newest generations will “expect an instant response from everyone they communicate with, and won’t have the patience for anything less.” This is a “must read” to understand the profound implications the pace of technology and social media is having on our communication patterns, social relationships, and workplace.
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Interesting idea that I totaly agree with. I feel like friends who are just a few years younger than me have a totaly different relationship with technology such as how they use the internet and what their cell phones can do. Sometimes I feel like I got left behind.