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Hit the nail on the head. I'm in my mid-30s. To learn anything on your own has always required effort. I've been driving almost every day for 20 years, and I s
by VyseofArcadia 4y ago
Hit the nail on the head. I'm in my mid-30s.
To learn anything on your own has always required effort. I've been driving almost every day for 20 years, and I still don't really know anything about cars. My mother-in-law has been using a computer every day since 1985, and she knows less about computers than I do about cars. "Needing to dig" is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for learning.
I feel like the lack of a need to dig is a double-edged sword if anything. I knew I wanted to program the computer, but I had to scour the card catalog at the library for anything related to computers to find anything at all, and most of what I found was about BASIC. Now? It's a click away. On the other hand, I know where to look for information, how to read the docs, etc.
- friend_and_foe 4y agoI guess you're right. Still, in the 1930s, if you owned a car you knew how to quick repair on the road, so you knew a thing or two about the machine. The workings of things we use do get hidden behind veneers over time as the industries around them mature and they become widely used, there is an element of needing to dig, but I'm probably overstating it. If someone wants to learn how to do the complex stuff you're right, it is easier to do so now, but it's less crucial, and having these tools in your life isn't as synonymous with learning how they work as it used to be.