年輕人主宰的“代圈”時代

Generation Lap

We often hear about the \"generation gap\" that occurs between parents and children when it comes to music， morals， fashion and a host of other things. Now there is a generation lap， the tendency for young people to be increasingly technically savvy than their parents or elders. This gap exists in the use of technology where the young generation has become the authority， effectively flipping the typical parental and professional hierarchy on its head in many respects.

The implications are huge. Family members begin to respect each other for what their authorities actually are. This insight can be extended to social institutions， as well. For example， in Finland 5，000 N-Geners have been chosen to train the country’s teachers in computers. For the first time ever， the students will be the teachers and the teachers will be the students.

我們總能聽到父母和孩子之間存在“代溝”，他們在音樂、道德準則、時尚以及很多事情上的看法都不同。如今，又出現一個“代圈”，指年輕人在技術應用方面的能力正逐步超過他們的父輩。在年輕人已經成為主導的技術應用領域，這種差距已普遍存在，并且已經在很多方面顛覆了傳統的由父輩掌控一切的局面。

這里面的意義十分重大。家庭成員之間開始彼此尊重各自在其擅長領域的權威。這種認知也擴展到了社會機構當中。比如，芬蘭就挑選了5000名網絡時代的年輕人來培訓本國教師使用電腦。生平第一次，學生成了老師，而老師當了回學生。