just wait and see

There was a lot of talk about how generation X was raised by the television and what it meant for society. I would like to point out that generation Y is being raised by the internet.

Whenever I have had a question or a problem that needed answering the first place I always went to was the internet. If I feel sad I go watch funny YouTube videos or read my favourite blog. If I am excited by something or did something awesome I post it on-line. In general, the internet is my go to for everything. And it is a kind guardian that never disrespects, unlike most people.

When politicians talk about “restricting the internet” what they don’t realise is that they are restricting an inanimate objects ability to raise people. They think that learning values from a computer is bad, but it really isn’t. Our generation is informed and critical of the old ways exactly the same as every generation before us.

When gray-haired people say society doesn’t need faster broadband connections they are speaking for themselves, not the people who are actually restricted by the slow connections.

The problem is that most of the people who were raised in a internet society still aren’t old enough to vote. So their opinions don’t count. We can only hope that something so beneficial to the future of society isn’t destroyed by those who won’t be affected by its loss.