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If we keep dumbing down the world for everyone instead of teaching those who don't know we will destroy ourselves. People are not stupid and if we keep assuming

• denysvitali 5y ago
  ... and blending the search eith the address bar. I spent a good 1 hour to explain the difference to a tech illiterate on why typing "mywebsite.com" was different from typing "mywebsite com" and picking the first result on Google. I'm not sure he understood, but I really have to admit that this trend of dumbing down things is only make them worse, in a way.
  • aembleton 5y ago
    They'll understand when they try and buy airline tickets that end up going through some third party with a 'service charge'. One of my friends has recently learnt that lesson when she went to buy flights on Ryanair; just typing that into Google and clicking the first link. £30 service charge.
• aembleton 5y ago
  How will it destroy us? Do you think we should use hex or binary instead of their ASCII or UTF-8 equivalents? After-all, ASCII must be dumbing down as it makes it easier for non specialists to read.
  • sschueller 5y ago
    I am not saying that there shouldn't be some abstraction. However I think we are at a point where one additional customer at any cost results in products become so simplistic that they become useless for people who actually need them for work etc. Not having people learning new things and learning to approach things with some logic results in them never having to do this in their lives. In the end you get a dumbed down public voting on their emotions and against their interests.