Featured Vid #382 – Juvenoia

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You may have heard the saying “kids these days”, referring to some activity that children (commonly teenagers) are doing, or attitude that they have that is looked down upon by the older generations. This idea, that the younger generation is doing something wrong, for instance, spending too much time on the Internet, watching TV, or playing video games, is so common that most people probably wouldn’t bat an eye at it. But in fact, there is a word for those comments: juvenoia.

The video above is a very interesting and informative video by Vsauce that talks about juvenoia, and how it’s nothing new. It may come as a surprise that people have been saying things starting with “kids these days…” (or something of the same ilk) for a very long time, that the behavior is perfectly natural and has scientifically explained roots, and how it doesn’t really, in every case, make that much sense.

 

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