I'm not entirely proud to be considered the facebook generation, but maybe that will change one day...
Gary Hamel brings up some really interesting points about the social "DNA" of generation F. It makes me wonder exactly how profound an effect this facebook movement will have on the human conscience ? over time, could this social dependence translate, genetically?
it was an alright read!
Interesting questions on social dependence over time. People have always had a need for being social and interacting. FB is just another way that we can do so.
ReplyDeleteThere's no doubt that a collective experience changes and affects a whole generation. Just look at those that lived through the Depression - they couldn't bring themselves to waste a thing. But I almost think that instead of passing on the "don't waste" gene, the next generation wasted all the more in response to how they were raised. What will be the backlash of facebook? Maybe their kids will want nothing to do with the over-abundance of communication! I guess we'll see.
ReplyDeleteInteresting points! Well I can't deny, that communication is important, even in this facebook realm, it could be propelling us into the future of advancement as human beings..
ReplyDeleteI'd hope my kids are more into the old style communication.. hanging out in person, maybe talking on the phone haha! this facebook thing really sucks the character out of people in my opinion ;) hahah
Lorin,
ReplyDeleteI agree: "I do not take pride in being part of Generation F". I do have a Facebook account, but I rarely go on.
I like how Gail pointed out that perhaps future generations will be Facebooked-out! They'll want to take a break from the online world. It's nice to think that things will simplify. Can you imagine a life where there's not texting, call-waiting, cell phones, or Facebook? I miss those days!
My daughter is 24 and I think is post-FB, the reaction is already happening. She is very selective with what she posts publicly, although she uses FB to message privately more often. Texting is probably the way she communicates the most, and even there she is terse. She's a writer so it isn't that she has nothing to say, she is just very aware of her privacy. Are more FB generation young people aware of how public their lives in the social network can be and are they pulling the plug?
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