Generation Gap

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There is a breakpoint i see, somewhere in the middle of Generation X, when computers became widely available as home computers. This is the first generation that had large access to computers, and a decent part of this generation became tech savvy. Whereas a noticeable part of this generation resisted or lagged behind in adopting technology, keeping to the life and work behaviors of earlier generation.

From that point on, generations are more tech savvy, largely more informed - even if a noticeable percentage is totally misinformed. While pioneers exist in earlier generations - all the way to baby boomers - who stood out back then and who stand out now still, the older generations largely seem to be living in the earlier ages with a worldview that sees the world as it existed back then. For most of the earlier generations, life was a much easier thing, and things were just okay, and they think that this is the actual reality today.

Newer generations do not seem to have this illusion.