Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology

October 7, 2025

Eighty percent of Zoomer respondents reported feeling that young people were too dependent on technology, according to a 2023 Harris Poll survey. And 60% said they wished they “could go back to a time before everyone was ‘plugged in.’”

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