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In reply to the discussion: Our "youth" (actually 18-20 year old adults) and their safe places in colleges [View all]The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)The internet is just the human mind on a screen. We're getting used to having groups, and groups within groups, etc, etc, all the way to safe groups, within the larger world. This time it isn't tribes with various individuals in it. It's digital groups of like minded people.
This is around the time when the first generation raised on the internet is going to college, give or take a year here and there. They're bringing what they know to school, and college specifically. I wouldn't be completely surprised if it ends up in the workplace in the years ahead. Whatever the workplace might end up being, who knows anymore.
I know, the work world is the real world, so it's different. I'm sure nobody was thinking college might evolve into the safe space zone either.