I'd say it really is just the internet is general. We millenials have already been referred to as a lost generation for a few years now, and so say we feel disenfranchised and with little place in the current world is a massive understatement. Meanwhile, literally every idea and person and connection is well heard across the internet, and it's something that people outside our generation don't really have a grasp on. Sure, there are some, and others that use it, but not to the degree of our persona of an online entity and the fading delineation of meatspace and cyberspace. That's really visible on Hubski especially, because we actually have deeply personal relationships with each other.

As for physical space, I think our generation (broader than millenials) of thinkers and brilliance veer more towards isolation. In the 1920's, it was obviously much more difficult to hear the thoughts of others. You already had your own thoughts and identity and creative tendencies, but accessing others was difficult. Nowadays we have everyone else's voice, but we have to get away from it all to find our own.