Via Business Insider:
This Christmas will be characterized by society's evolution toward high-tech gadgets; an evolution that has not bypassed children.
For dozens of years, toy manufacturers have not only had to adapt to this technological revolution, but they have also had to adapt to a society undergoing profound change.
Points:
- “Manufacturers are the ‘victims of a phenomenon that is called 'age compression,' meaning that children feel older at a much younger age.”
- “Often, the next year, the younger siblings start playing with these toys, because they’ve been in contact with their older siblings, whereas the older siblings don't want to play with toys that young children like as well.”
Ponder: Will children’s comfort with technology make the Uncanny Valley an obsolete concept?
