Jean Twenge — How the smartphone affected an entire generation of kids

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This is an important article socially, politically and economically based on its implications. While there is a "digital divide" between analog people and digitally capable people, the more significant divide is between those that grew up in the transition to the digital age, with the introduction of mass computing in around 1980. The Apple II was introduced in 1977. The most significant digital divide generationally is between analog natives and digital natives. Now a further iteration is coming to light. The divide between smart technology natives and those previous to it. In this environment, analog natives are being left behind, even though they may be digitally capable but are not digitally native. It is a deep difference in culture. Something similar happened at the

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: digital age, generational change

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