It is only now that we are starting to understand that there is only a small subset of Gen X and Millennials who are ‘tech competent’ and it is all downhill from here.
This is why we have to solve the most endemic and pressing problems of technology now, or else humanity is doomed to be entrapped and enslaved by technology.
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Is this really the case? I haven't quite been able to conclude this myself. Genuine question.
AFAICT, not to say there are not some younger and older outliers, but they tend to be 2x standard deviations removed from the norm.
Very true
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Exactly my thoughts , they’re quick to accept whatever’s handed to them. Convenience has become the ultimate selling point, and anything, no matter how invasive or manipulative, can be justified with a bit of flawed logic. The magical excitement that used to come from exploring technology, building stuff, jailbreaking figuring things out that’s pretty much gone. Now it’s all about consuming what’s handed to them
Things that used to feel completely out of the question and dystopian like constant surveillance, algorithmic control over our attention, outsourcing our thinking invasive thinking devices implants are now just one flawed rationalisation away in their minds to completely adopt in a heartbeat . And nobody’s really pushing back.
I think they reached complete dependance on systems they don’t understand.
I think this has been true for every generation on the whole, but there are always a niche that are curious and will advance things. For this I am hopeful.
From my current college campus experience, Gen Z is far more comfortable with FOSS and open source than Gen X or Millenials ever were. At least in the CS, EE, and ME colleges.
That is refreshing to hear
It's true. We have an older specialized piece of equipment in our lab that stil runs on a Windows 3.1 machine. The other day the computer crashed and had to be rebooted, and it starts in DOS. My students would've had no idea what to do when the computer started up with a black screen and a C:\
I'm not even sure that they would've known what question to even ask a search engine or AI to find out what to do.
Growing up (I'm tail end Gen X, born late 70s) you had to know the back end of how computers worked out you were screwed. Nowadays computers and devices just work.
#Yestr
This is what happens when you abstract away everything. Big tech has doomed down things too much
Want to play a game on the family computer in 1998? It never worked out of the box you needed to diagnose issues and fix problems. Want to play a game in 2025. You install the app that immediately works.
We live in the land of templates and interfaces that can function basically as is and most people be staying basic
It's all across the first world,try asking them to change a car tyre,or sharpen a knife.
Hi erik 🤟🏴☠️😉 The window for solving these problems is closing fast. If we don’t build resilient, decentralized, and user-sovereign systems now, the future will be dictated by those who control the tech not those who understand it
I can't solve stupid. And most people are absolut morons
I think this is probably true for any generation.
