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Elias Mårtenson

@drq because digital native does not mean that they understand technology.

They've grown up with technology in a similar way as my generation grew up with cars. We all use them but few can repair them.

There was a myth around the 90's where there was a belief that people growing up with tech would know it in the similar way as the geeks of the 80's did. They did forget that to use a computer in the 80's required you to know programming, to use a computer in the 90's required you to only understand files.

As the new century rolled over, things became even more streamlined, which was necessary to get more people to use it.

I have for a long time been of the opinion that the number of people who actually understand tech is constant. There is a certain proportion of the population who are willing to actually understand this stuff, and that doesn't change over time.

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Александр
@drq @loke Yep, good point. Reminds me how it changed with cars. At first every driver was also somewhat mechanic. Then it was no longer required to know inner workings of car but the driving it still was rather complicated as lots of controls were involved and mastering gear shifting alone was a challenge. Soon it will be reduced to steering only.

At the same time cars themselves changed from something very tunable and hackable into huge black box with almost no "user serviceable parts inside".
@drq @loke Yep, good point. Reminds me how it changed with cars. At first every driver was also somewhat mechanic. Then it was no longer required to know inner workings of car but the driving it still was rather complicated as lots of controls were involved and mastering gear shifting alone was a challenge. Soon it will be reduced to steering only.
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