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This sounds like confirmation bias. I'm sure that this happened, but I doubt it resulted in any more kids being interested in and competent with computers. Aft
by pitaj 10y ago
This sounds like confirmation bias. I'm sure that this happened, but I doubt it resulted in any more kids being interested in and competent with computers.
After all, I have similar anecdotes, and I grew up in the 2000s. I know several friends who that would also apply to.
Generationally, I think the number of people able to accomplish intermediate computer maintenance as described in the article is probably about the same across the board.
This article has one good point in my eyes: if you want people to learn, make them do it themselves. When my younger brother asks me, "how do I do [thing I know about], I tell him to Google it, first. Then I'll help him work the kinks out after he's at least tried to do something himself.
- stcredzero 10y agoAfter all, I have similar anecdotes, and I grew up in the 2000s. Another anecdote from 2014 watching a kid walk up to a Battlezone 1980 emulator: Waggles the joysticks around for 2 seconds. This causes the tank to waggle. Kid gives up.
- pitaj 10y agoWhat's the purpose of this comment? Providing another anecdote doesn't invalidate my argument. Nor does it counter what you quoted there.
- stcredzero 10y agoMy thesis is that kids in days past would go to further lengths than kids nowadays to figure things out, mostly out of boredom. Middle class kids in the past also had access to "the sum of all human knowledge" through their public library and inter-library loans, but the barriers were higher than for kids growing up with the Internet. Nowadays, it seems like every kind of game imaginable is being implemented (albeit badly) by someone out there. Providing another anecdote doesn't invalidate my argument. Nor does it counter what you quoted there. Nope. Just sharing. Ok, fine, you win, I guess.