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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
More knowledgeable, more innovative, more well rounded and diverse for someone who is 25 now versus someone who was 25 years ago. Innovation via the internet and the sharing of knowledge has allowed people to branch outside of their field, and apply their expertise into fields that they otherwise would not be exposed to; ease of accessing information speeds up learning and design, so I can go grab 30 papers off of the web in 3 minutes rather then spend 3 hrs in a library trying to find; ability for those to learn trivial tasks that would otherwise take much longer without the internet (i.e. learning software); faster sharing of info via email, comm, et al; digital design tools over those sitting at a sketch table, allowing a designer to spend more time focusing on the actual design then the multiple more hours it would take to do by hand; technology to solve iterative tasks that would take much longer to do, allowing us to push previous tasks that would otherwise not be possible - all of these opportunities allow, at least those who pursue it, an opportunity to stretch innovative and creative things, and become more knowledgeable because of accessibility thus the ever evolving generations of more innovative, more creative and more knowledgeable people out there.
Opportunities that present itself to those with a can-do attitude, leading to those who find their "what I want to be when I grow up" to put more of an effort then being segragated to medial tasks that arn't "what they want to do when they grow up" ... accessibility to VC's and angels, accessibility to expertise (i.e. linkedin) and cooporation with experts allowing young people who have a passion to work that much harder because its something they want to do.
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ok thanks for the answer, I'm not sure I would view much of the above as defining someone as overall 'better', nor would I necessary characterize the current generation as more knowledgeable or well rounded than previous (I'm not saying they are necessarily less so either)