It’s Time Social Networks Make a Comeback
It’s 2009. You wake up to the sound of the whistling wind, cracking fall leaves, and a neighbor’s lawn mower in the distance. You open your blinds to rays of sunlight so radiant your skin warms. You finish your morning routine and meet the rest of your family downstairs for a home-cooked breakfast and good conversation. All without once thinking about whether or not an unread notification was rotting on your home screen. If your phone even has a home screen, that is.
Older Gen Zers and Millennials remember these all too well. What’s a little less agreed upon is when and what catalyzed the shift of our lives online. Life today feels like a major departure from the good ‘ole days as outlined above – even though a mere 15 years have passed. Today it’s commonplace for families to share meals in silence while mentally elsewhere on their phones. Even at that, it seems more commonplace for families to skip out on group meals altogether.
