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This reminds me of a talk I attended a few years ago about working with millennials. At one point the speaker said that millennials are "dependent on technology

This reminds me of a talk I attended a few years ago about working with millennials. At one point the speaker said that millennials are "dependent on technology". I know what he meant was networked technology like smartphones, but it made me irrationally upset. He's dependent on the car he drove to get here. We're all dependent on the refrigerator and electric lights in our homes. That's what technology does, it makes us dependent on it. It's like arguing it's bad we're dependent on the wheel.

mymythisisthis 6y ago
It's stepwise evolution. Long periods were new technologies gradually build-up without us noticing much. Then something like Covid happens and quickly we are forced to adapt, and utilize the new technologies more. Like online banking, Amazon. Then we never go back. The change effects everybody. Republican and Democrats have both used social media and analytics. The meaning of things also gradually changes ever so slightly. Even for simple things. "Let me get my coat". Did you mean a jacket for the office, like in the 1980s early 1990s. Or, did you mean a zipped up hoodie.