There's a good message to be had here--but sometimes this message gets clouded by nostalgia and the inevitable "good ole days" feeling everyone gets once they hit that quarter-life mark. There are still plenty of people engaging in physical activity, speaking to one another, having conversations, events, etc. Those days are not dead. Are some of today's youths a little less physically social in lieu of being technologically social? Of course. This video doesn't show all of the war-torn families, foreign immigrants, friends separated by thousands of miles, etc who all use social media in the same sense.
This same argument was had when TV came out. Or when telephones substituted the art of the written letter. Or when the internet defeated the physical text. CDs and MP3s over the sacred vinyl. Is there a lot to learn from this? Sure. But technology isn't going anywhere and social media isn't a "bad" thing--it's just different. If that's all you do then sure it's terrible for our generation--but doing anything in life constantly will hamper your growth and maturity. Too much of anything is not a good idea--so I'd rather take a lesson on the beauty of moderation than some 25 yr old bro realizing he's on his phone too much and making a sentimental video. He has a point--it's just really melodramatic.
TL: DR--we're all going to sound like our parents. I'm also a cynical bastard.
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