Introduction to Grown Up Digital

As Don Tapscott introduces his views on today's Net Generation, he begins with the interesting inclusion of his children's early employment of the internet to engage readers in the new era of the World Wide Web. Observing his children's exquisite ability to use the internet, Tapscott was inspired to further his knowledge of this growing culture, as he founded nGenera to study the effect of the web on the world.

Researching the characteristics and various types of new technology, Tapscott concludes that now this "Net Generation has come of age," implementing life with the web throughout the world. As many criticisms, such as the loss of social skills or a lacking work ethic, are instilled upon such a culture founded on technological advances, nGenera conducts thorough research on the life of the Net Generation to prove the worth of the Internet. As older generations remain nervous of the new and unknown, hostility to the younger prevails, frequently displaying the cons of this new lifestyle.

Tapscott argues the way of life led by the Net Generation to be one of advancement and positivity. In agreement as a member of the Net Generation, I believe that the internet has changed all of our lives for the better. Contrary to some of the older generation's beliefs, I have not lost my social skills, but enhanced them through new methods of communication such as Skype and Facebook. I have a stronger work ethic as I am now accessible to such an immense amount of resources at my fingertips. Without the internet, all of our lives would be very different.