Originally Posted by
Jimbo
I still don't own an iPhone/smartphone, whatever. Mine is a flipphone that I bought 10 years ago. And I've texted probably less than 20 or 30 times. Although I know I'll be forced to upgrade once my phone's battery craps out. TBH, I rarely even use my cell phone; I mostly carry it for convenience or emergencies.
This generation of self-obsessed tech addicts are trying to multi-task at everything and as a result are doing nothing well. It's been said that the average person today processes more information in a single day than a person in the 1700s processed in a lifetime. I'm sure that's true. But how much is processed well? Would an info-saturated kid whose main experience in life is having his face stuck in his iPhone all day be able to eke out a living in 1700s conditions? I seriously doubt it. I doubt they'd be able to function in the 1970s or '80s.
Everybody says how kids and young people today are much smarter than previous generations. But apart from SOME being more open-minded and aware of certain issues, I honestly don't think that millennials are inherently more intelligent than young people were, say, 40 years ago. They just have more 'stuff' and more information readily available to them. If the same stuff and info were available back then, people would have processed as much back then.
It's a bit scary and sad how so many people now choose to live their lives in virtual reality. When it comes to the end of your life, will you remember how you lived it, what you achieved, who you helped/loved/were loved and helped by? Or by how many selfies you took (that nobody else cares about), how many texts you sent, and how many online games you played?