I don't know which is Gen-Z but see my friends 5-6 year olds glued to their phones or tablets. They have the entire world of videos to watch at their finger tip

I don't know which is Gen-Z but see my friends 5-6 year olds glued to their phones or tablets. They have the entire world of videos to watch at their finger tips. I'd argue they are in an entirely different situation than previous generations. Even kids growing up in the 90s probably didn't have their own computer and the internet wasn't full of video entertainment and free games and kids growing up 2000-2010 didn't have phones and tablets. 80s kids had cable and VHS. 50-60-70s kids had TV 20-30-40s kids had radio So personally I do think it's a big difference. I'm awestruck by what kids have access to today vs what I had access to growing up in the 70s, early 80s. Kids today can learn about any topic and anytime, anywhere. When I grew up if it wasn't in my family bookshelf or the library I didn't have access to it. Kids today can also watch almost all movies of the last 100 yrs on demand. When I grew up video wasn't a thing and cable didn't happen until I got to high school so all I had was the few channels on the TV and whatever they happened to be showing. That difference has to mean something. Whether it means "classics" are still relevant or not I have no idea but reading of those arguably came from a time when content was scarce. It's not anymore.