Even though some people may regard the negative assessment of a younger generation that appears in social media feed as faulty, they are partially correct. There is, indeed, a significant generation gap between people who lived in the 1960s and the people entering their twenties today. There also is substantial evidence that people of one generation share similar characteristics since they grow in one social and political environment (Arnett & Jensen, 2019).
The world has changed since the sixties, and people need more time to grow up due to the economic revolution, the sexual revolution, the women’s movement, and the youth’s movement (Arnett & Jensen, 2019). Today, people need to prepare themselves for a more complicated life, which makes them postpone their commitment to a family, stable job, or even to a specific geographical location. Therefore, the statement that modern people are more dependent on technology and try to avoid commitment is true, and it is not necessarily a bad thing.
References
Arnett, J. J., & Jensen, L. A. (2019). Human development: A cultural approach (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.