You bet it is! The Millennials are the first true computer generation. Gen X and Yers and a few hippies had computers but, looking back on it, their job was only to shepherd the machines along to their present position at the absolute center of the Millennial world.
Young people can easily sit all day in front of the computer with only bathroom breaks. It's not uncommon for them to spend two weeks at a time at home without going outside for any significant time. You do your homework on it, you socialize on it -- everything!
I'm convinced that anime is taking over the animation world partly because it's so accessible through file-sharing on the computer. You can buy anime, trade it, and chat about it without leaving your bedroom. The jerky, limited animation actually helps its internet appeal because it reduces the bandwidth and makes for faster downloads. American lawyers hate to see illegal copies of American classic cartoons even on tiny formats like YouTube but the Japanese product is all over the net, and in really good copies too. This is serious competition.
Pre-Millennials like hippies and Gen-X and Y people keep hoping the programs to come will be will be easier to use. I don't think that's in the cards. It's not just a case of changing technology and software. The gruesome truth is that Millennials have no reason to make the stuff simpler. Their whole appeal on the job market is based on their ability to manipulate hard-to-use programs. If those programs were made easy then half a generation would find itself in the unemployment line.
My guess is that Millennials will replace Gen Xers on most computer-based jobs by the time the Xers reach age 40. I have no idea what Xers will do for work after that. A lot of Xers bummed around for a while after school and didn't really enter the work force seriously until age 25. If they're obsolete by 40 that's a career window of only 15 years! Aaaargh! If you're a working Xer then you better save your money! You're going to need it!
Of course Millennials won't have it easy either. Millennials were conned into taking outrageously big college loans which begin accumulating interest six months after school stops. With interest let's say a college loan of $100,000 dollars will become $200,000 over time. That's a lot of money. And the job market is shrinking. A lot of Millennials can forget buying a house or sending their kids to decent schools. And what if the generation as a whole can't pay the loans back? Yeeesh! It's scary!
Well, every generation has to face something tough. I guess this one is no exception!
BTW, the three paintings have nothing to do with the subject at hand. I just had to do something to lighten this discussion up. Maybe I should have called this post, "Welcome to Serious Corner!"
