With internet and devices getting faster and faster, so is the demand for getting information at quicker rates. "New Geners" are getting more and more impatient and now expect information to come faster and faster. We are so used to being able to search information so easily and efficiently that we get impatient and bored waiting for information that is presented to us in a slow manner.
The attention span of "new geners" is getting shorter as more technology is becoming available. Out of the eight norms speed could be the ones that stands out the most for "new geners". Slowly but surely, people in lecture classes get bored very easily and have the tendency to do anything but pay attention to lecture. You can find a large portion of almost any lecture where people are on Facebook, Pintrest, Twitter, and anything else that is more entertaining than lecture. We just can't focus on one thing at a time, we need to have multiple things going on in order to stay entertained.
Further, individuals are starting to get bored with waiting for the information. Google, and any other search engine, makes retrieving information almost instantaneous. The ease of obtaining information is making "new geners" impatient. Why sit in class and listen to a professor rant when Google can bring forth the information in 0.22 seconds*? While there are some classes that the only way you can learn is through hands on practice, YouTube and Google make it easy to learn or perfect almost anything! You can essentially become a professional at something without going through all of the trouble. With all of the things that are available now, the "new geners" are constantly hungry for more.
*How fast google found information on my last search
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