Old Dogs; New Tricks

Pew Research Center reports that older people are almost as likely to embrace tech­no­lo­gical change as young people:

…innov­a­tions in cell phones, email and online shopping are seen as changes for the better by most Americans with positive views reaching well beyond the youngest Millennial gen­er­a­tion. These kinds of change are viewed at

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Masked Hoodies on the Internet

I am always sus­pi­cious of Internet ‘experts’ who pay homage to the digital natives idea. The idea that young people are not only gen­er­a­tion­ally dif­ferent from me, but also are psy­cho­lo­gic­ally different.

Perhaps it’s my age. Being over-​​​​40, I react badly to anything that suggests that I’m not long from the care home.

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