2012-10-16, 03:21 PM
[MENTION=245]Worthyness[/MENTION];
It is hard to observe whether or not this "internet-borne generation" as you say is learning from their mistakes or not. I feel that it is not an assumption we can make because you only see a very small amount of individuals making decisions and it is very hard to see how they are affected internally and whether or not they actually learn anything. Therefore it is far too easy to stereotype them, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, once again. I will agree that adolescents can be gullible and until they are made aware of what the internet actually is, they are pretty vunerable to internet veterans or ass holes who can manipulate them. It must be fairly difficult being born into a world where the internet has already existed for this long and is so crucial to so much of social interactions nowadays. I feel pretty fortunate that the internet was just starting out in my lifetime.
Like I said earlier in this thread, the internet expresses a very cynical view of the world. Allowing people to interact on a global scale without requiring physical interaction makes it so you can say whatever you want, whether or not you actually believe those things or would act that way irl. Imo, this is why there are so many trolls and bigots on the internet. Obviously education, morals, and upbrinding factor into it, but I believe that primarily the fact that you can say anything to anyone without any real consequences allows people to disregard common sense and logic.
It is hard to observe whether or not this "internet-borne generation" as you say is learning from their mistakes or not. I feel that it is not an assumption we can make because you only see a very small amount of individuals making decisions and it is very hard to see how they are affected internally and whether or not they actually learn anything. Therefore it is far too easy to stereotype them, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, once again. I will agree that adolescents can be gullible and until they are made aware of what the internet actually is, they are pretty vunerable to internet veterans or ass holes who can manipulate them. It must be fairly difficult being born into a world where the internet has already existed for this long and is so crucial to so much of social interactions nowadays. I feel pretty fortunate that the internet was just starting out in my lifetime.
Like I said earlier in this thread, the internet expresses a very cynical view of the world. Allowing people to interact on a global scale without requiring physical interaction makes it so you can say whatever you want, whether or not you actually believe those things or would act that way irl. Imo, this is why there are so many trolls and bigots on the internet. Obviously education, morals, and upbrinding factor into it, but I believe that primarily the fact that you can say anything to anyone without any real consequences allows people to disregard common sense and logic.