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> Today most young kids are glued to an iPad. At dinner, in the car, at home, everywhere. Maybe we'll look back at this behavior one day, similar to how we thin
by lusus_naturae 3y ago
> Today most young kids are glued to an iPad. At dinner, in the car, at home, everywhere. Maybe we'll look back at this behavior one day, similar to how we think of smoking or eating too much.
This is all a very selective lens, I'd say the younger generations now are better informed, more empathetic and curious. I don't blame them for "being glued" to their devices, they have the option to have friends and collaborators the world over, it's a more interesting life to be younger now than in any previous generation, notwithstanding the political and socioeconomic pressures (but I guess all generations have/had their demons to slay).
- eindiran 3y ago> younger generations now are better informed, more empathetic and curious. None of the generational research I have seen even remotely supports the "better informed" conclusion, and my anecdata from interacting with current undergrads suggests the opposite very strongly -- current undergrads are *substantially* less well-informed than the zillenials and millenials were about politics, current events, etc. Not sure about about empathetic and curious, though those smell less implausible.
- safety1st 3y agoIn any evidence-based discussion of "the kids these days" I think the elephant in the room is the mental health crisis - they have the highest rates of depression, anxiety, loneliness and suicide, they may be the most stressed out and unhappy generation ever.
- lusus_naturae 3y agoAre they any more or less stressed than kids who grew up during the great depression or during the world wars? Or is that we just have better tools for data collection and analysis, and a better culture around being open about mental health issues?