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But isn’t that a failure of their education system? Compare the kids who grew up on their iPads against a kid in Eastern Europe who grew up hacking on a Linux

But isn’t that a failure of their education system? Compare the kids who grew up on their iPads against a kid in Eastern Europe who grew up hacking on a Linux or even Windows machine using a real keyboard. Wouldn’t the latter have all sorts of advantages in all sorts of jobs? If nothing else, growing up using a real keyboard would mean they could type a lot faster than the one who is used to a touch screen.

veidr 9y ago
No, because it takes precisely 18 minutes to use a keyboard if you already know how a touch tablet works, and 3 days to learn to touch type. So, they'd have a 3-day-18-minute advantage in all sorts of jobs
coldtea 9y ago
>Compare the kids who grew up on their iPads against a kid in Eastern Europe who grew up hacking on a Linux or even Windows machine using a real keyboard. Wouldn’t the latter have all sorts of advantages in all sorts of jobs? No, especially since the other kids grew up in a more dominant economy and have way more opportunities (which matters more than learning to mess on a cli). Besides, the degree to which Eastern European kids learn to "hack on Linux" is perhaps overrated. Most kinds in school couldn't even learn to power on the PC on their own (but amazingly one would teach another all there is to start playing some game).