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George Grosman's avatar

I'm a boomer with an active IG account, a YouTube channel and Spotify presence. I've been off FB for 5 years and first used the Internet in 1995. All of that is thanks to being a professional musician. My boomer friends are aware of all the above but take no interest. Some even read actual books - the horror!! My whole house is lined with books and that is fabulous, it truly is, I would have it no other way. But I only read books on my Kindle or on my phone. Oy vey

Your dad sounds like a mensch!!

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Liat Portal's avatar

George,

Thank you for reading and writing to me :)

It warms my heart to hear about your activity across all platforms - I'm proud of you! I’m sure your background as a musician has equipped you with various skills, but I think this is more about curiosity than a direct connection to music.

This isn’t obvious to a lot of people. From what I’ve seen among friends and family, once they get comfortable with one platform, they tend to stick with it and hesitate to explore new ones. I’m not sure if it's because they find a particular platform easier or if they're just afraid of encountering something unfamiliar that they might not know how to handle. So, while they do adopt new technology, it happens at a much slower pace.

I haven’t done any deep analysis, but it seems like boomers in the U.S. advance much faster with tech than those in Israel. Even when boomers are educated and use computers at work, it feels like there’s more than just a language barrier holding them back - but I can’t quite put my finger on what it is.

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