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> Are people really that hermetic to understanding how the items and tool they use actually work? From what I've seen in some of our new recruits, yes. And tho
by kapitanjakc 2y ago
> Are people really that hermetic to understanding how the items and tool they use actually work?
From what I've seen in some of our new recruits, yes. And those are technically educated people.
In general public, I've noticed that if stuff is working well, people don't tend to take a deep look into how it works.
I guess that's how different minds work right ? For example a curious mind wants to know how a thing behaves and how it works etc, whereas a visual mind would look for how it looks.
- fransje26 2y ago> From what I've seen in some of our new recruits, yes. And those are technically educated people. That's really the part I can't wrap my head around.. The first thing I tend to do when I encounter something new -a new phone, a new bike, new tools, etc- is to understand how it works, to see what I can do with it, what its limits are, and most importantly, if I can bend those limits to suit my needs.. Accepting something at face value is really not an option. Partly because, more often than not, that would also mean settling for mediocrity as "quality" seems to be a secondary target nowadays. Thing will not work how you want, things will break and will need to be repaired, some artificial constraints might be need to be circumvented. And on the other hand, there is always something interesting that can be learned by being curious. We are not all wired the same. But if the "technically educated" people are no longer "technical" than at least I shouldn't fear about future employability.