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I don't know, it's almost kind of like saying that newborn babies are illiterate by choice. Not everybody cares about computers or how to use them, they just wa
by beretguy 2y ago
I don't know, it's almost kind of like saying that newborn babies are illiterate by choice. Not everybody cares about computers or how to use them, they just want to find that restaurant address or read this news article or whatever. They don't have time or interest to learn how to use computers.
I don't know how to replace transmission in my car. It's not by choice - I just don't have time and money to learn how to do that.
Things take time and money to learn.
- _Algernon_ 2y agoI'm literally mentioning adults in my comment. Adults have agency. Babies don't. Weird choice of comparison. As for the car analogy: You're right, but you also accept the consequences of that choice which is mostly limited to having to pay for a mechanic every once in a while. The consequences of tech illiteracy is much worse (more comparible to actual illiteracy): - Lower employability. - Easier to get scammed / have data leaked or hacked. - Easier to get manipulated by platforms (social media are comparable to priests interpreting the bible to people before literacy was common). - On a societal scale, when enough people are affected, the above leads to instability, proliferation of dis- and misinformation on a societal scale. - Per av above, destabilising of democracy. I'm sure people argued the same about people not having to learn to read / write during the enlightenment. Im happy they did not win out. Tragically, it appears we are going the opposite direction this time.