![]() It’s like teenage boys asking other teenage boys how girls think. ![]() But at the same time, the information shared is all too often shared from equally ignorant sources. Most significantly, I think, for better or worse, we didn’t have 24/7 access to the world’s opinions. Back then, hours in front of a keyboard or gaming platform may have been spent at the expense of family board game time, but we still played outside, with direct human contact and space to have our own thoughts. ![]() Those who escape one reality for another weren’t around in the 1990s when these things were gaining traction. They convey a sense of entitled self-righteousness from behind a headset and controllers, heck even Kinect sensory systems, all the while not actually doing very much at all. And by tech, I mean their disappearance into another reality, which some of our young ones tell us is where “it” is at.Ī new generation is parked on its bottom for hours, days, weeks, months at a time. What differentiates this new generation from those that came before is how generational dissonance seems to be exacerbated by tech. And we need the energy and fresh mind of youth to help push us forward as a species. This is a much longer conversation than the few thoughts I’ll share here, but as a Buddhist I believe it’s worth thinking about when it comes to engaging with younger generations.Įvery generation is doing it for the first time of course-whatever “it” may be. Although, as my son reminded me, “It’s probably from the ’terrifying’ thought that if there is nothing beyond this reality, if this reality is it, it would be incredibly depressing.”īuddhism and today’s youth has been a serious topic of conversation over the last few years. I have spoken a little about generational dissonance in a previous article on parenting,* but this little muse is on the impact that the internet and augmented reality-or virtual reality-is having on generation gaps, and, moreover, my curiosity over why we are so inclined to want to escape this reality.
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