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Everything you have written applies equally to young folks too. I was shocked when I discovered how our kid's friends are with tech - youngest is 20 now, and h

Everything you have written applies equally to young folks too. I was shocked when I discovered how our kid's friends are with tech - youngest is 20 now, and has been messing with computers since 4. Shocked because unlike my parents generation they've all grown up with, and been educated around tech their whole lives. All I have to do to get a significant number of them to believe $conspiracy, or 2+2=7.234 is put it on a convincing looking website. They'll mostly install any and every app that passes under their nose. In the days of FB among the kids, and FB games and surveys, they'd go with every single one of those too... and share, and ping their whole contact list... Before that every drive by popup/malware install... At least my parents generation had their expectations fixed in the 1930s and 1940s. Receiving something in writing meant something. Honesty and ethics were mostly to be expected. The scams were far more about in-person confidence tricks, or the dodgy tradesman charging for work that's not needed etc. I don't blame some for not adjusting their model to everyone's a spamming scammer. :) I do blame the youngster's generation. How the hell do they not get it and so glaringly badly?

YinglingLight 8y ago
You'd be hard pressed to convince me the younger generation is more gullible than the older generation. The term "Fake News" is testament to that. Long gone are the days of 3 Network news channels prescribing you reality. Instead, you have a solid argument that mass iOS/Android usage and the lack of 'home desktop in the living room' have dumbed down certain technical skillsets.
kris-s 8y ago
> I do blame the youngster's generation. When you're young the older generations complain about you. When you're old you complain about the younger. https://mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complaints-about-young-people-ruining-everything https://mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complain...
- NeedMoreTea 8y ago
  Just as I would blame me and my generation for not having awareness of climate change, or not changing lifestyle and politics because of it. Or illiteracy. Or inability to wire a plug. I would blame a 55 / 60 year old for those. Everyone my age got taught and surrounded by English. Everyone my age did not grow up with tech. Some my age are deeply naive about tech thanks, in part, to having surprisingly little exposure until recently as it became unavoidable. It's not generational whining - that's a very different animal, it's the simple ubiquity.

YinglingLight 8y ago

You'd be hard pressed to convince me the younger generation is more gullible than the older generation. The term "Fake News" is testament to that. Long gone are the days of 3 Network news channels prescribing you reality. Instead, you have a solid argument that mass iOS/Android usage and the lack of 'home desktop in the living room' have dumbed down certain technical skillsets.

kris-s 8y ago

> I do blame the youngster's generation. When you're young the older generations complain about you. When you're old you complain about the younger. https://mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complaints-about-young-people-ruining-everything https://mentalfloss.com/article/52209/15-historical-complain...

NeedMoreTea 8y ago
Just as I would blame me and my generation for not having awareness of climate change, or not changing lifestyle and politics because of it. Or illiteracy. Or inability to wire a plug. I would blame a 55 / 60 year old for those. Everyone my age got taught and surrounded by English. Everyone my age did not grow up with tech. Some my age are deeply naive about tech thanks, in part, to having surprisingly little exposure until recently as it became unavoidable. It's not generational whining - that's a very different animal, it's the simple ubiquity.