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When technology creates generational exile

I am 67 years old and my grandchildren teach me new apps every visit but I feel like I am learning a foreign language to stay connected to people who were born speaking it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Rapid technological change can make people strangers in their own time, requiring constant learning just to maintain connection with family.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and human identity — who are we with our tools??”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.