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The New Generation Gap

What happens when the younger generation holds the keys to our shared knowledge, and the older generation does not? What does that do to a culture?

In fun, storytelling fashion, this video (link below) details the reality that many elderly people are experiencing vis a vis the Internet — it all happened too fast, they can’t keep up, and now they’re left out of this cultural language. Which means they start do disappear. Which is very bad news for a healthy society.

My good friend Liza’s mother — Tobey Dichter — founded an organization called Generations Online to address this issue, and from what I can tell, they’re doing awesome work. She’s a great storyteller, and this is an issue rarely discussed in a public forum. Very worth watching! And thanks Liza for passing on mom’s good work!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHUYmavvDzw