Subj : Re: Hi all!
To   : scarface
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Aug 31 2025 11:27 am

  Re: Re: Hi all!
  By: scarface to Nightfox on Sun Aug 31 2025 09:34 am

 sc> I read something recently showing that kids/adolesents are growing up in a
 sc> world where things "just work" to some degree of "work", and are less
 sc> curious about the _how_ it works. I can't recall what journal that was in,
 sc> but I guess it shows that people are studying the effect, but that sort of
 sc> research is sadly slow, and lagged behind the actuality of the present.

It seems to me that's the case these days.  When I was growing up, computers still seemed like a relatively new thing, and it seemed that there were more people (like myself) who were curious about how they work.  I like to build my own desktop computers, and I feel like I grew up in a time where a good number of people did that, and know how to fix things that go wrong.  These days, even though a lot of people use smartphones & other computer technology, it seems a lot of people don't really have much idea about how it works or even a curiosity about it.  It seems a bit counter-intuitive.

Nightfox
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