Comments on: Born at the Right Time

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:57:44 +0000

I just came across a bunch of printing industry trade magazines when I was decluttering. They are from the 90′s. It is amazing to see how in 1995 almost no ads have web addresses, and then as the years go forward the percentage rises rapidly. By 1999 it is only the rare company that has not added a website. Leafing through these mags is like a timeline of web evolution. Intriguing post, Tynan!

By: Timmy R

Timmy R — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:11:07 +0000

Funny reading Tynan. But I feel the complete opposite when I read your title.

Im 19 years old, and I feel like I was born infront of a computer, since my and my brother have always had interest in gizmos and technologies, we quickly spent hours and hours in front of the computer(we got our first when I was about 6-7 and have had one ever since). But if I could just remove every computer, the internet, tvs(at least in its form of entertaining, we need information in some way) etc, with the push of a button – I would do it a thousand times.

You do learn things from movies, from tv-shows, from the internet – But you waste so insanely much time on it if you have the time. I have often dreamt of living in an earlier time, not needing to think of how little battery you have left, what your crush is doing on facebook or which new games you can waste time and money on. Right now my best way of getting this to happen in some way, is becoming a nomade :) But first I need my poject to explode economicly. But thanks for the read! :)

Pocket doctor

By: Matrix

Matrix — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:04:08 +0000

Yeah, i grew up in a town of <300 until i was about 11 so my childhood was pretty much all outdoors, rural lifestyle. Now, i see all my friends with kids that are all cooped up playing XBOX all day…

By: AJ

AJ — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:30:22 +0000

Where are you in the photo.. the guy at the back with the red hat and beard looks like a ghost!

I was born in 1984, now 25yo.. during my school years I went from handwriting essays to being the only kid to use a typewriter to produce homework to being at university where it was mandatory to back up assignments on University network and carry spare copies on USB key drives.

Now, some kids have no idea what a typewriter is… I’m not even that old!

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:35:18 +0000

Yes the internet is awesome and so are cellphones. I bet wheels, printing presses and chocolate were just as cool when they were invented (Actually all those things are still pretty cool). In a hundred years from now I bet people will be thinking how lucky they are to be alive when the first teleporter is invented or when the Jetsons comes true.

I think what I am trying to say is that life is incredible no matter when or where you are if you take the time to realize it!

I have very much enjoyed your recent posts Tynan. They have been very thought provoking. Thank you!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:31:15 +0000

Everyone thinks they were lucky to be born when they were. Its called: Narcissism.

By: Mike Lanza

Mike Lanza — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:10:26 +0000

I’m pretty old to have young kids – I’m 47, and have three boys between 6 months and 5-1/2. I’ve always thought kids growing up after the 1980s had totally boring lives. I guess the cutoff isn’t so hard.

Anyway, I run a blog and am writing a book all about giving our kids a life of neighborhood play. Check out Playborhood.com. There’s a lot of info and discussion on this topic there, with *lots* more to come.

By: Arun

Arun — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:41:46 +0000

I think this is a product of your optimism rather than the actual fact that we were lucky to born when we were. It’s all a matter of perspective.

The generation before us thought, “gee it’s so awesome to have our own paper to write on rather than black slates. Can you believe people had to run everywhere before roller skates? What about the pain of having to call an operator just to make a phone call rather than using our good ol’ analog wheel to dial it ourselves!” They may even lament about how easy it was to smoke in restaurants, and fly on planes before everything tightened up.

Similarly, the new generation will count their blessings being able to easily communicate via text, the space efficiency of TVs, and the movement towards clean air and green living.

I just feel lucky to ALIVE!

By: Gruntie

Gruntie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:13:26 +0000

I have a niece who is just a few years older than you. While she has been on the net she doesn’t own a computer and doesn’t feel the need to own one. She lives in a rural area of Minnesota and I don’t beleive she locks her house or car doors very often. Her 3 children are free to roam the fields and the few streets of the small town in which they live. There are a very few pockets of the USA where the net hasn’t penetrated very deeply though they are shrinking rapidly and may very well disappear within a few years.

By: Jeff Navarro

Jeff Navarro — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:10:49 +0000

Oh, I can totally relate to this…being around during these awesome changes is a lot of fun! It reminds me of the Chinese saying “May you live in interesting times.” Which I believe was intended as a curse, but which I take to be a great blessing.

There are a lot of things in my childhood that I remember, and feel a bit sorry for today’s kids for not getting to experience, like running around in the wilderness doing all kinds of “dangerous” things.

I’m still alive…and glad to be.