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I imagine most fields have a lot of jargon too; it's just that technology is one of the few areas that has become essentially ubiquitous, so we notice the diffe

by ucarion 13y ago

I imagine most fields have a lot of jargon too; it's just that technology is one of the few areas that has become essentially ubiquitous, so we notice the difference between technology-savvy and non-technology-savvy more often. I imagine that in the eyes of tax experts, we are all totally ignorant of how we could make the most out of the tax system.

wutbrodo 13y ago
In my opinion, that's exactly the problem. I don't understand how people don't do the math in their head that spending half an hour learning* to be more efficient at something that you use for hours and hours every day is worth it. I couldn't get my oft-texting mom to switch to T9 (back in the era of dumbphones) because she didn't want to "waste her time" (though she was fine constantly pecking out texts more than twice as slowly as she could have been). I finally convinced my mom once she saw that it only took my _grandma_ a day to pick it up. *Even just by asking a friend. In my experience, tech-savvy friends (including myself) are extremely willing to explain how things work, since it's a welcome respite from "just fix it"