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Laptops aren't essential for modern classes, laptops (in the true consumer sense of the world) have barely been a thing that students can easily afford for bare
by shimman 3mo ago
Laptops aren't essential for modern classes, laptops (in the true consumer sense of the world) have barely been a thing that students can easily afford for barely 20 years (more like 15 if we're being honest here).
SV is going to learn that society is allowed to reject technology and the sun will still rise tomorrow.
- nisegami 3mo ago>SV is going to learn that society is allowed to reject technology and the sun will still rise tomorrow. The sun may still rise, but the stock market may not.
- shimman 3mo agoGood thing the vast majority of Americans do not prosper if American corporations do. Hence the need for redistributive efforts to improve the material lives of all Americans.
- TheCycoONE 3mo agoAbout 20 years ago I learned if I took my laptop to class and typed my notes I didn't retain nearly as well as if I took a pen and notebook. I was in computer science in Canada and probably 5-10% of people brought laptops to class as far as I recall. A few people had to use the labs, but most students had their own computer or laptop at that time.
- greenhat76 3mo agoSilicon Valley is indeed, disconnected from the reality of the world.