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Any human technology that the general population can't understand is an egregious failure in education that will be indistinguishable from large-scale cognitive
by heresie-dabord 2y ago
Any human technology that the general population can't understand is an egregious failure in education that will be indistinguishable from large-scale cognitive impairment. -- h-d'a
- ben_w 2y agoThere has never been a time when most technology in use was understood by the general population. "The Last Man Who Knew Everything"[0] was 1773–1829 and the trend towards compulsory education was only beginning, 2 countries at the start of his life and 7 at the end[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_Who_Knew_Everything https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_Who_Knew_Everythi... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_education
- heresie-dabord 2y ago> There has never been a time when most technology in use was understood by the general population. There is nothing surprising in that, we know where we have been historically. When people don't understand vaccination, or electricity, or the shape of the Earth, the more interesting question is where we are going.