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| Generations struggle with the transfer of knowledge |
| Bratislava, 17.07.2017 |
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| The quick changes in technology hinder the communication between older and younger generations and impact on the operation of society as a whole, says professor at Fordham University, in New York.
The generations are no longer as they seemed to be in the past. Changes come quickly and the knowledge and experience that parents pass onto their children is often not enough to help them solve problems in the future, said Milan Zelený, professor at Fordham University in New York, in an interview with The Slovak Spectator.
He talks about how these rapid changes impact the generations and what needs to be done to tackle these problems.
The Slovak Spectator (TSS): In your opinion, we should prepare for more big changes to take place within each generation. What impact will this have on society?
Milan Zelený (MZ): The acceleration of change is a new reality. Until now, the change was very slow, and the generations could cope with it. People were living in the same environment for several generations, and they could transfer their knowledge and experiences to their children and grandchildren. We didn’t deal with the speed of the changes in economics or other sciences as there was no problem. Children learned everything at school and they could benefit from it during their whole life.
But the speed of changes started accelerating in 1970s or 1980s, when digital technologies, automats, robots and the internet appeared and the first problems emerged. With the arrival of new technologies parents cannot communicate well with their children as they both live in different times. The problems and conflicts emerge within the generations and within the family. This results in big trouble because parents cannot transfer their knowledge and experiences to their children. This creates a paradoxical situation, as the children need to teach their parents how to use the new technologies.
This acceleration of change has serious impacts and we are not prepared for them. We don’t even know how to describe this phenomenon as it has not become rooted as a new quality. We are unable to prepare children for their future life either at schools or at home. This is one of the basic reasons why the world faces such challenging times. The generations have lost their common language.
Radka Minarechová krátené
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