My teenage kids keep asking me why I 'let' the internet become what it is, like my generation deliberately chose surveillance capitalism over digital freedom, and I don't know how to explain that we were just as surprised by how it turned out and now we're all trying to figure out how to live with what we accidentally created.
More people experience this than they realize.
Different generations experience the internet's transformation as either betrayal or inheritance, creating intergenerational tension.
“Where Are You with The internet — origin story and examined present?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.