I was talking with a friend about the younger generation and we stood amazed at their total absorption with technology
Not surprising in that technology is now so enmeshed in our lives it would be well nigh impossible to extricate ourselves
Also we had no doubt that it will be our shadow and mentor into the future and we also reflected on the way in which people’s knowledge base seems to have changed
Young folk have an encyclopedic knowledge in the technology side of life but sometimes seem to lack knowledge about other things that matter especially about our daily governance processes and the things we took for granted not so many years ago
Most can explain in great depth the benefits of an Iphone or Ipod or whatever but few can recite a few lines of poetry or even name the head of Government. Many (or most) have an arsenal of songs on their Ipods but few can repeat some lyrics
As these young folk reach voting age are they going to have the knowledge to make an informed decision about the things that will no doubt influence their lives and futures?
The answer to that is probably yes because they achieve knowledge via a different medium to that of the earlier generation
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