1y ago

Later generations will have less attachment to how things were when they grew up because everything changes a lot faster.

Or at the very least less common attachment because they grew up outside of a monoculture.

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Things aren't changing faster tho...
Like we get incremental changes, but what's been groundbreaking?
20 years ago most people had cellphones, laptops, and social media. Now peoples phones are basically laptops, and kids use apps more than programs/websites.
But it's nothing as "brand new" as cellphones or the internet. Even the chatbots that pretend to be real AI isn't that different from googles free 411 service or AIM bots.
I'm curious if you can give any example that isn't hype
- The changes in technology from 1984 to 2004 is mind boggling fast when compared to the minimal changes between 2004 to 2024
- Since 2004, we got smartphones which replaced a huge chunk of technology, internet has become far faster and more accessible leading to streaming services like Netflix and freelance video platforms like YouTube exploding, far fewer people having cable TV, kids growing up with online video rather than TV, social media went from simple platforms meant for communication with friends and family to behemoths meant to capture as much of your attention as possible, misinformation has become more trustworthy to many than traditional news, public school classrooms gained access to technology like Duolingo as learning aids, physical media has been phased out in basically all homes except those with video game consoles, software purchases have been replaced with subscriptions, and now we have programs that can create realistic-looking images and videos, human-like passages, and real-sounding speech.
  Saying that none of that is as groundbreaking as the Internet is kinda like saying the Internet wasn't as groundbreaking as electricity. Just because the effects are subtle doesn't make it any less groundbreaking.
- If you don’t think AI has changed recently I don’t think I can give you any evidence that you’re wrong.
Really? Pop culture seems to be largely choosing to milk old media for nostalgia because it's way more successful and you think we're not attached to things from when we were younger?
Things aren't built to last as long. I currently use the Calphalon cooking pots that my parents got as a wedding present in the 70s. I'm told it's normal to replace pots and pans about every 4 years now.
Growing up we had a large bathroom rug with an interesting pattern on it. I stared at that weird pattern while on the toilet from ages potty trained to moved away for college and returned home for holidays and summer time. I've got a bathroom rug that I bought five years ago and it's starting to unravel and I'm pretty upset about this.
- I think that this is entirely dependent on the amount of money you're willing to expend. I'm sure that you can buy things that are much better or at least as well built as their counterparts from the past.

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