Yep, I'm teaching two teenagers programming and they don't know how use computer at all except for playing games, watching Netflix.
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Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd: (redstarfish@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 06:15:06 JST Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd: -
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MrBerard 🫶 (mrberard@pilote.me)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 06:15:10 JST MrBerard 🫶 I teach computing in middle and high school and this is very real.
I would like to extend the concerns of neo-luddism regarding the de-skilling of workers using automation to the de-skilling of end-users for the sake of profit.
Tech companies have a financial incentive in users having _just_ the right* amount of proficiency. With whatever that bar is getting lower by the decade.
*short of being able to use an alternative.
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mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 06:15:11 JST mhoye I'm going to be sitting with this for a long time.
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