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I'm a little more optimistic, which is boosted by the change in levels of awareness I'm seeing in people around me (not just tech people). As much as I like to
by ghusto 1y ago
I'm a little more optimistic, which is boosted by the change in levels of awareness I'm seeing in people around me (not just tech people).
As much as I like to shit on gen-z, one great thing they have going for them is awareness and understanding at levels that were unobtainable for my generation, and it's trickling _up_ to the older generation.
A good example: My generation always ended discussions of counter-productive change with "Well, that's progress!". Gen-z are asking "progress towards _what_?". People are waking up to the fact that common accepted "wisdom" can be questioned.
- zukzuk 1y agoYou must be brushing up against a very different cohort than I. Sure, there are some very smart and aware gen-zs, just as there have been in every generation. But on average they are as ignorant as anyone else, with maybe a bigger than average bias for apathy.
- gus_tpm 1y agoI know it's just hacker news, but I would like to hope. I am gen-z after all, and I have seen a lot more understanding from my friends lately. Obviously we are not better than anyone else, and everyone is different.
- ghusto 1y ago> Obviously we are not better than anyone else, and everyone is different LoL, this is what I'm talking about, by the way :D Also, it makes us older folks uncomfortable in a perplexed sort of way. I mean, it's good, but ... we don't understand your understanding.