• MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I am personally still friends with two people who even know how to navigate their filesystem beyond clicking the downloads or my documents link in the start menu. I hope you’re right, but all I see around me at work and personal life is ignorance. People can’t even figure out how to use their phones beyond the basics.

    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 days ago

      I’m also inclined to believe what the other person was saying, because nowadays like you say people don’t know how to use their devices to their full potential, but then I remember there used to be a time when I was the only one with a smart phone and everyone else was looking at me like I’m a weirdo for being on this phone during a commute for example, something that today is normal.

      The nerdy people are still there and know how to use these tools, the general masses are still as clueless as always, they are just late adopters that never learned anything past what the walled gardens feed them. At least that’s my feeling.

    • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      Yeah, on average you will find less and less tech savvy people in real life moving forward.

      But if you were to ask a programming question on the most popular coding site, you would get more responses today than 20 years ago.