I was talking with a buddy the other day about how Facebook is changing the way people relate to each other. People have such unprecedented access into the lives of their acquaintances. And are the relationships better off? Are they impaired in some way.
On Thanksgiving I saw one of my cousins who just started high school this year. He was lounging around the house with an Acer brand netbook in his lap running the ubuntu operating system. When I was 14 the computer was still very stationary as a desktop and laptops were exclusively for businessmen in movies.
The NYT article below talks about the mini generation gaps that exist between siblings because of how quickly technology changes.
From The New York Times:
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s
By BRAD STONE
YouTube. Facebook. The Kindle. Now a tablet. New technology is creating new generation gaps. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/weekinreview/10stone.html
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