> It could be argued that many modern digital natives are really the locked-in inhabitants of digital cities and walled gardens. So true. I am lucky that almos

> It could be argued that many modern digital natives are really the locked-in inhabitants of digital cities and walled gardens. So true. I am lucky that almost all my programming is for personal enjoyment/growth and have gotten a huge amount of pleasure from breaking out of the infinity of abstractions that make up modern operating systems and getting into electronics and microcontrollers (which can now be purchased for pennies). There’s something great about truly understanding a system (also true about larger scale and even non technical systems, but I have particularly felt the change you describe from pioneer/settler to controller citizens on modern computers).