The children of what are called millennials will be the ones who revolt against the previous generations’ rootlessness. They will be the ones who find computers and the Internet old-fashioned and creating powerful family ties modern. And they will also be asking the state to enforce whatever values emerge and are shared. The temptation to legislate moral ends transcends all cycles. Their elders will be appalled by the younger generations’ rejection of their attachment to microchips and horrified at a return to a degree of order and ritual in their lives. The older ones will be the remnant of
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