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You're still describing just a portion of the population, at best. Yes, your point about the myths is fair. But even with those myths dispelled, there's going t

You're still describing just a portion of the population, at best. Yes, your point about the myths is fair. But even with those myths dispelled, there's going to be at least XX% of the population that struggles with or is unwilling to put in that work. Think about other super important areas of life like finances and health. Perfectly capable, developed, functional adults still routinely neglect these things because they don't want to 'deal with' the mental overhead of 'figuring it out'. As long as this population remains, there will be a market for solutions that offload some of the 'work'.

ryandrake 9y ago
> Think about other super important areas of life like finances and health. Perfectly capable, developed, functional adults still routinely neglect these things because they don't want to 'deal with' the mental overhead of 'figuring it out'. Not sure these are great examples. There is a LOT of good self-learning information out there about computers and tech. One could not know anything about Linux, study online references, experiment a little, and become competent. And you can always find a Linux nerd to give you advice and help. Contrast: (Personal) Finance: Most investing information on the net will not produce any kind of outsized returns, and quite a bit of it are scams and plain bad advice. You're not going to become rich by following r/PersonalFinance. And unlike tech, where a bad experiment means you need to wipe the hard drive and try again, a bad investing experiment can lose you money. And all those financial advisors out there? LOL, they're crooked as a bag of snakes and are primarily out to milk you. Health and fitness: Health is even more of a shit show. Good luck finding any consistent reliable information through self-study. This good for you. Now it's bad for you. This causes cancer. Now we know it doesn't. Now it does again. Every month there's a new diet fad. Online, quackery is the rule rather than the exception. Top 100 search results are going to be weight loss spam. And your doctor? LOL, he just wants to charge you for repeated visits and sell you whatever pill he's being incentivized to push this month. I don't think it's about people not wanting to deal with the mental overhead of figuring it out. It's really a challenge to figure out and sort good from bad information.

ryandrake 9y ago

> Think about other super important areas of life like finances and health. Perfectly capable, developed, functional adults still routinely neglect these things because they don't want to 'deal with' the mental overhead of 'figuring it out'. Not sure these are great examples. There is a LOT of good self-learning information out there about computers and tech. One could not know anything about Linux, study online references, experiment a little, and become competent. And you can always find a Linux nerd to give you advice and help. Contrast: (Personal) Finance: Most investing information on the net will not produce any kind of outsized returns, and quite a bit of it are scams and plain bad advice. You're not going to become rich by following r/PersonalFinance. And unlike tech, where a bad experiment means you need to wipe the hard drive and try again, a bad investing experiment can lose you money. And all those financial advisors out there? LOL, they're crooked as a bag of snakes and are primarily out to milk you. Health and fitness: Health is even more of a shit show. Good luck finding any consistent reliable information through self-study. This good for you. Now it's bad for you. This causes cancer. Now we know it doesn't. Now it does again. Every month there's a new diet fad. Online, quackery is the rule rather than the exception. Top 100 search results are going to be weight loss spam. And your doctor? LOL, he just wants to charge you for repeated visits and sell you whatever pill he's being incentivized to push this month. I don't think it's about people not wanting to deal with the mental overhead of figuring it out. It's really a challenge to figure out and sort good from bad information.