So all the kids nowadays are addicted to social media but their parents aren't
Imagine how fucked up the kids will be when their parents were also addicted to social media when they were younger
Then imagine how fucked up THEIR kids will be when their parents grew up thinking social media addiction was normal
I've taught in high schools or colleges for about twelve years. I've noticed student's tech literacy declining from when I started.
Most people in every gen aren't good at computers. Some of every gen are great with them. I'm speaking of averages.
I think there's a material reason for this change. Technology has become slicker, less janky and more touch screen based.
Of course, we're both speaking in anecdotes, I'd be curious to look at actual research.
yeah i can see that. each innovation further abstracts the electronics behind the screen. i love living in a skinner-box-based society!
tech literacy is important but comp sci and related fields are crazy oversaturated. literally half my uni's college of science was comp sci. we dont need all these computer experts, but lack of tech literacy causes the mass mystification of these technologies which leads to trends like the current glorification of AI and cryptocurrency
but yeah, it would be interesting to see research on how significant this trend is