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1. DarkNova6 · 1790255345 · focus · HN ↗

   I am more and more convinced that young people have a much better understanding of technology and especially its impact on society.

   1. Insanity · 1790255666 · focus · HN ↗

      I think there’s 2 factors at play. 1) they grew up with technology rather than having it introduced later in life and 2) they grew up with a version that is arguably quite negative.

      For e.g millennials, we didn’t have internet until our teens, and the early years of the internet looked very different from the ad-infested hellscape that it is today.

      1. analognoise · 1790279909 · focus · HN ↗

         Remember how we were all going to “surf the information superhighway” and we’d all become smarter because we had access to all the worlds experts and books?

         I remember!

         1. karahime · 1790287695 · focus · HN ↗

            And we did. People were not more well informed before.

            1. vlz · 1790318458 · focus · HN ↗

               Debatable. Maybe they were less informed in the sense of not having access to as much so called news or content. But what about the quality? Being strictly less informed by emotionalized info shots could very well mean being less misinformed.

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