According to research by global staffing firm Manpower, millennials and centennials now make up over half of the global workforce. As time goes by, the number of digital natives at work is rising and those who remember life, and work, before the Internet are increasingly overshadowed.
This delightful book by New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul takes a gallop through the myriad ways in which life has changed since we all went online. Each listing is a chapter in its own right, making it an easy-to-read, whimsical look back at the past for anyone who remembers life ‘before’.
Ranging from wistful explorations of what happened to postcards and record (or CD) collections, through the Internet’s impact on grammar and punctuation, for us the most poignant chapters were Paul’s reflections on how the internet has changed our social interactions with one another. And, might we add, not for the better.
For anyone working in the field of communication, team-building and / or organisational culture, this is a treasure trove of reflection, and well worth a read.
