In the modern world we have invented ways of speeding up invention, and people's lives change so fast that a person is born into one kind of world, grows up in another, and by the time his children are growing up, lives in still a different world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Rapid invention creates generational gaps where children live in a different world than their parents.
- In plain terms
- Fast changes make each generation live in a different world.
- What can you take from it?
- Rapid change creates generational disconnect.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does tech change your life?
- What is your childhood world like?
Another view
Not all societies change at this pace.
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