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> There are significant partisan differences in views of the government's program to obtain call logs and Internet communication. Democrats are more likely to a
by jpdoctor 13y ago
> There are significant partisan differences in views of the government's program to obtain call logs and Internet communication. Democrats are more likely to approve, by 49% to 40%. Independents (34% vs. 56%) and Republicans (32% to 63%) are much more likely to disapprove than approve.
It's too bad they didn't bother to separate "technologically clueless" from the "technologically clueful", which would probably speak volumes.
- MichaelApproved 13y agoI'm curious what HN users would ask as a qualifier to being technologically knowledgeable. What would the ideal question for that be?
- cabalamat 13y agoHow about: arrange these MS Windows version numbers in chronological order: 3, 7, 8, 95, 98, 2000.
- dllthomas 13y agoI wouldn't be surprised if some youngsters these days weren't aware that there'd been a Windows 3, while still being technologically savvy generally. Possibly 95 as well, although they could probably still get the order right just based on the pattern at that point.
- youngerdryas 13y agoCan the internet fit in a small box?
- GHFigs 13y agoJudging by the last few days, it would probably have more to do with politics than technology.
- chongli 13y agoHow about occupation? I'm guessing people employed in IT or STEM fields are more likely to be technologically knowledgeable.
- rayiner 13y agoI'd imagine technologically clueless people have more of an expectation of privacy from internet communications than technologically clueful people that know that know that random sysadmins at dozens of companies have access to your data.
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- chaz 13y agoThat's a fruitless way of approaching the problem. It plays into the political divides of "us" vs "them." By trying to establish groups of people as "clueless" about a topic, it just reinforces the feelings of, "they just don't get it" or "they wouldn't think that if they just knew better." All sides of an issue believe exactly that. This reminds me to read a book that talks about this: "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion," by Jonathan Haidt. Maybe someone else has read it and can comment. http://www.npr.org/2012/03/01/146474609/why-we-fight-the-psychology-of-political-differences http://www.npr.org/2012/03/01/146474609/why-we-fight-the-psy..., http://www.amazon.com/The-Righteous-Mind-Politics-Religion/dp/0307455777 http://www.amazon.com/The-Righteous-Mind-Politics-Religion/d...