University professors in recent years have been finding themselves shocked that students don't understand how file systems work[1]. Additionally I recall hearin

University professors in recent years have been finding themselves shocked that students don't understand how file systems work[1]. Additionally I recall hearing a teacher say that they were trying to teach something in a computer lab, and none of the students knew how to work a windowing system or multitask, and they only operated by having every program maximized and using one at a time, likely because it's the computing paradigm they grew up on, using smartphones and tablets. I think the idiot-proofing of modern computing is only making people less aware of how computers work. Think of how many 20-something programmers got into programming from learning how to make Minecraft mods. Or even just learning to install a mod in the old Java version of Minecraft or any other PC game, where you had to dig into weirdly-named folders, copy-paste files into various directories, maybe modify a data file here and there. Kids growing up on the iPhone version of Minecraft are never being exposed to the basics of how their device works. https://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z https://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-direc...