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So you think people born in the 1990s are unable to communicate but at all?

by easytiger 3y ago

valine 3y ago
Average technical literacy decreases the further back you go. I don’t think that’s controversial.
- Foobar8568 3y ago
  Usage of an electronic device, surely, technical literacy, I highly doubt.
- tedeh 3y ago
  I don't think so. The Home PC generation is way more technically literate than the generation after that grew up with the smartphone, where the elementary interaction has been reduced to just three basic steps that always work: 1) lift and look at phone 2) swipe finger up 3) press the dopamine er - Instagram - button
  - 9dev 3y ago
    Most people born in the nineties and before definitely struggle with computers - maybe not the academics in your circle, but anyone not exposed to or interested in technology. I spent a while working in tech support for small to medium businesses, and boy, did those people have trouble to understand the basic interaction with their computers. Instead of learning the paradigms and applying them to general situations, they would memorise where on the screen to click, in which order. You’re uncharitable view of generation Z is pretty much proven wrong if that is your assumption on what you can do on Instagram, though. Looks like a classic „my generation was the last good one, everyone else born after is stupid and lazy!“
    - easytiger 3y ago
      Someone born in the 90s is now in their 20s-30s. > what you can do on Instagram, Lol. Err what can you do on Instagram that is a demonstration of deep technical understanding?
- boring_twenties 3y ago
  It seems to be very obviously false from my POV. Excluding people who are technical, whether by hobby or profession, everyone I know between 35 and 50 or so at least loosely understands things like the difference between a website and a locally executing program, the difference between local and cloud storage, the tradeoff between iOS-style walled gardens and relative openness of Android or PC (whichever side their own personal preferences happen to fall on), the difference between SMS and iMessage, and so on. People under 30 -- again, excluding programmers, obviously there is no shortage of talented and knowledgeable young people in the industry -- overwhelmingly don't seem to be even capable of understanding any of these things.

So you think people born in the 1990s are unable to communicate but at all?

valine 3y ago

Average technical literacy decreases the further back you go. I don’t think that’s controversial.

Foobar8568 3y ago
Usage of an electronic device, surely, technical literacy, I highly doubt.
tedeh 3y ago
I don't think so. The Home PC generation is way more technically literate than the generation after that grew up with the smartphone, where the elementary interaction has been reduced to just three basic steps that always work: 1) lift and look at phone 2) swipe finger up 3) press the dopamine er - Instagram - button
- 9dev 3y ago
  Most people born in the nineties and before definitely struggle with computers - maybe not the academics in your circle, but anyone not exposed to or interested in technology. I spent a while working in tech support for small to medium businesses, and boy, did those people have trouble to understand the basic interaction with their computers. Instead of learning the paradigms and applying them to general situations, they would memorise where on the screen to click, in which order. You’re uncharitable view of generation Z is pretty much proven wrong if that is your assumption on what you can do on Instagram, though. Looks like a classic „my generation was the last good one, everyone else born after is stupid and lazy!“
  - easytiger 3y ago
    Someone born in the 90s is now in their 20s-30s. > what you can do on Instagram, Lol. Err what can you do on Instagram that is a demonstration of deep technical understanding?
boring_twenties 3y ago
It seems to be very obviously false from my POV. Excluding people who are technical, whether by hobby or profession, everyone I know between 35 and 50 or so at least loosely understands things like the difference between a website and a locally executing program, the difference between local and cloud storage, the tradeoff between iOS-style walled gardens and relative openness of Android or PC (whichever side their own personal preferences happen to fall on), the difference between SMS and iMessage, and so on. People under 30 -- again, excluding programmers, obviously there is no shortage of talented and knowledgeable young people in the industry -- overwhelmingly don't seem to be even capable of understanding any of these things.