I guess I’m curious about generations (namely GenZ and Alpha) who didn’t live in a pre-Internet time. Like,

  • How was the concept first explained to you, or when did it click?
  • Do you understand how insane it is to have the aggregate of all human knowledge — the only comparable thing once being a physical library or university — one search away? That it’s absolutely insane you can engage in a real-time conversation with someone on the opposite side of the world? That you can find niche communities in an instant?
  • Were your parents super strict about internet usage? How quickly did you find workarounds?
  • BCX
    2•14 days ago

    1. I was already on bulletin board systems long before the Internet.

    2. It’s not that insane, considering the younger generations are completely inept at boolean searches.

    3. How would our parents be strict about internet when we’re growing up if it didn’t exist?