The seed for this idea was planted when I attended a talk about the effects of social media on the young, at my children?s Steiner-Waldorf school. A teacher remarked that he believed the onslaught of digital was creating a burnt out generation ? strung out, dead eyed kids without a real sense of themselves or the world. Working for a digital agency, I naturally objected, but later thought, what if the continuing increase of speed and intensity of modern life driven by technology was somehow hitting a physiological or psychological barrier? A terminal velocity where they can go no faster, instead heating up and burning out? Are there ways we can keep pace with our changing environment? Or could there be an evolutionary leap in response?
What do you think?