• Invertedouroboros@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It’s kinda wild to me. I used to think that as a millennial the next generation would be more technically savvy than mine for similar reasons to why my generation was more technically savvy than the last. That doesn’t quite seem to have panned out and I’m not sure if I’m just not seeing things right or if technical literacy is really that much on the decline.

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      3 days ago

      I was totally unaware of how bad it is until I actually read some current teachers describe horrrors of how the incoming students were so unprepared about technical literacy. It’s freaking scary.

      We really designed the society as it is and we’re going to suffer the consequences for a long time.

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        3 days ago

        To me it just means job security. But I get you, some of those people will become your boss…and it generally sucks.

        • Invertedouroboros@lemmy.world
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          I’ll confess I’ve had the same thought… but I feel like the problem is deeper than that. If people don’t have basic awareness of the devices they rely on then they in danger of becoming victims of those who do. I’d point to your average boomer on Facebook to illustrate that point.