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As someone who more or less grew up with the web (first computer at 12, finished "High School" in 2012, nearly 23), I can tell you that we've already been livin
by spondyl 9y ago
As someone who more or less grew up with the web (first computer at 12, finished "High School" in 2012, nearly 23), I can tell you that we've already been living in it.
There was a lot of questions growing up about particular hobbies for example, that I would just find online as no one in my small town would have any similar interests.
Same deal for homework eg; Algebra that my parents weren't able to answer, as neither had finished high school themselves nor having gone on to take STEM-ish careers.
Learning how to properly search is pretty much one of the most valuable skills you can have!
I think talking to Alexa is wonky on the surface, sure, but it's just changing the way in which you access the same information.
- cderwin 9y agoI'm more or less in the same age bracket as you (graduated high school in 2015) and your spot on about the utility of computers for research and the importance of learning how to effectively use a search engine (this is a skill most of my peers lack). That said, there's a huge difference between getting your first computer at 12 and getting your first computer at 3 (or at least largely unmonitored access to one). It remains to be seen how interaction with technology at such a young age affects social development and maturity, whereas technology's impact on our lives occurred after that development had mostly finished.