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Also, the origins of this bias are fairly arbitrary. First, there is a real reason. Young people are more likely to be engaged with newer knowledge, technology
by dalbasal 8y ago
Also, the origins of this bias are fairly arbitrary.
First, there is a real reason. Young people are more likely to be engaged with newer knowledge, technology, tools and such. That's balanced against older people being more experienced. It's particularly relevant in the software space, but the youthful exuberance VS experienced sobriety trade-off exists in all fields. Think of medicine, architecture, art...
The bigger reason (imo) for the bias is entirely arbitrary. Software is a new, rapidly growing field. There aren't many 50-something coders because most people start a profession in their youth and there wasn't as much code in their youth.
Far fewer people learned to code in the 80s than today. So.. the total number of people who code is skewed young. People see way more young coders than old ones. They assume only young people can code.
The point about people learning more new things in their youth is valid regardless of field.
- gaius 8y agoYoung people are more likely to be engaged with newer knowledge, technology, tools and such Citation very much needed. Because that sounds like pure ageism. Who invented all the devices young people love to consume media on...?
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- YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago>> The point about people learning more new things in their youth is valid regardless of field. That, too, requires a citation. It's not an unreasonable assumption to make, but then so is the assumption that, as time goes by, the chance to encounter new knowledge increases so that older people will tend to have more knowledge than younger ones. Let's not just embrace either assumption without good reason, is what I'm saying. Especially when there is a chance of further validating damaging cultural biases.
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