SUMMARY:

- In 1996 Americans with Internet access spent less than 30 minutes a month surfing the web. Yet these days, people spend about 15 hours or more a week in front of their computers, TVs, and smartphones.

- The new generation is too practical to cry over lost things and people. They’re explorers and adventure seekers.

- Partners still share a bed, but a different kind of distance has grown between them. The biggest hindrance between couples these days is the increased use of technology.

- Who knew that just a few decades later, we’d be getting our money out just like you would a cold soda from a vending machine.

- Over 100 countries have already banned the use of corporal punishment on children in schools. And if a teacher decides to break the law and put their hands on a student, news travels fast thanks to social media and that teacher will face the consequences!

- Worldometers puts the current global population at more than 7.6 billion and growing.

- On an overpopulated planet with a housing situation the way it is, cities don’t have the space and people don’t have the money for large homes.

- There was a time when kids would get together and go out to play. Outdoor activity was a great source of physical exercise and helped strengthen their social bonds.

- There used to be these ancient things called picnics, house parties, and backyard social gatherings.

- Huge piles of paperwork and long nights at the office have now been replaced by an array of work-from-home options.

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