There is one that I think is all around us, and the impact hasn’t yet sunk in. I work with youth, do a lot around preparing them for our particular field as well so we end up getting into some future thought, ‘where do you see yourself in x y z years?’ One thing that comes up a lot tangentially therein, is that the generations that grew up with social media have a wholly difference sense of their communities.

Take nationalism for example. They hardly understand it. Their sense of belonging is rooted more in their passions, sometimes pan-national identities, but ‘nations’ are an old folks (like my 40 something year old self) concept. People seem to look at polls of ‘are you proud to be [a national of your country]’ and think the low scores of youth reflect a dislike of their home country. Perhaps in part. But the fact that a country is an outdated idea for them is a big factor.

The impact will hit when they’re running things, which will be soon.