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JP

@cypnk I worry about this too. I think computers of today are maybe even less "learnable", as far as what you can easily understand and learn after first powering them on, than they were 20+ years ago. One possible answer I came up with for this is a game-like interactive primer that assumes a basic reading level and teaches basic computing skills, then lets users push deeper into programming, digital media, and simulation concepts. It's been on my backburner for years but lately it tugs at me.

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Darius Kazemi

@jplebreton @cypnk Yeah. Now that I live with a teenager and interact with his friends semi-regularly I am just like, oh, wow, except for the REALLY nerdy ones even the ones who are constantly online know nothing at all about computers. Like I had to teach a 17-year-old that you press shift *before* a letter in order to capitalize it (they were pressing the two simultaneously, which I guess works on their Chromebook!)

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