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Key quote: > If anybody is a digital native, it is me. I did not just grow up with computers, I grew up alongside them. Yes, this. I grew up and grew with tec
by sethammons 5y ago
Key quote:
> If anybody is a digital native, it is me. I did not just grow up with computers, I grew up alongside them.
Yes, this. I grew up and grew with technology as a member of the Oregon Trail Generation. Of course, kids these days will learn to operate with the greatest and latest abstractions and will continue to awesome things. The folly is calling the whole generation "digital natives." Just because you are exposed to (consumption based) technology, it does not mean you understand it at some foundational level. It is similar with cars - I've driven cars all my life, but working on them? I'm terrible at it.
- koala_man 5y agoI don't think "digital native" was ever intended to mean or imply "skilled in computer science", and more "takes digital technology for granted (and therefore thinks differently)". For example, if you ask where someone lives for the purpose of meeting them there, an analog native might answer in terms of driving directions. This would never occur to a digital native, who would instead answer with an address under the assumption that you'll plop it into your GPS.