> Kids don't have a shared cultural experience like I did.

I tend to think that humans historically have had very isolated, independent experiences. It is only recently with mass media that we all share a collective experience.

I take your point that kids today are not having a shared one-directional (tv to person) experience. However, they are sharing apps, with that data being intermediated. It is uni-directional too, so more immersive.

I tend to see technology, and the direction of travel, as highly collectivising rather less of a shared cultural experience. Everyone is endlessly exposed to exciting ideas and content that are not self-generated.

So, collectivised thinking UP, independent thinking DOWN.