Why does the older generation often blame the younger generation for being too immersed with technology?

	Why does the older generation often blame the younger generation for being too immersed with technology? When in fact, it's their generation who created most of the technology? Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are not from our generation. Okay, Zuckerberg is, though, so you can blame us for using too much Facebook. Asked By: - 8/30/2011

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They are just jealous that they didn't grow up with it. though i am jealous that they grew up with awesome music. Answered By: - 8/30/2011

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Because the fact is, there's always going to be more technology than there was in the previous generation. Admit it: we're going to be saying the same thing to our kids. Answered By: Abbey - 8/31/2011

Lol ironic but true Answered By: Rare Rose™ - 8/30/2011

Dunno but im legend born in 1991 Answered By: Hottestchix Yaknow - 8/30/2011

The older generation ddn't have it. My dad talks about when they finally got cable TV, & it only had around 10 channels. Answered By: Daddy Disney - 8/30/2011

Awesome question. Can't answer it though. Just another typical case of one generation throwing blame at the generation they created Answered By: J. Abrams - 8/30/2011

Because old people are convinced that their world was better than ours. which, in a lot of aspects, is true - because technology is slowly decreasing our ability to do things manually. But i like to remind them of all the brain surgery that can now be done with the new machines and the lives that have been saved because of it Answered By: Jaqui Mon Dieu - 8/30/2011

Because we are too immersed with technology that we forget about the simple things in life. There is more to life, than just checking Facebook every 5 minutes and updating your Twitter about your every single move. Answered By: Ricky Nai - 8/30/2011

It goes much further back than that. We were building tube computers when I was a boy in high school. PS, that was in the late 1940`s. Answered By: jms043 - 8/30/2011

They were simple Answered By: Nazim - 8/30/2011

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