Generation angst

If i could be born today
As the daughter of my generation
How much fun would i have
Born to technology
Born to travels
I would be smart and confident and
Navigate this world with ease
Unfettered by the concerns
Of a dead worldview

Or if i was born much earlier
In the age of explorers and pioneers
When the world still had
Much to explore and pioneer
How much more productive
I could have been

Instead of being born
At the worst possible time
When i can do neither