Re:The digital native is a myth
by Clubber on Monday July 31, 2017 @08:33AM
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In my experience, the sweet spot for a generation being good at tech came about in the 80s and 90s, when home computers were super cheap, but didn't do much. To make them do something, you had to read the manual, a large chunk of which was about coding.
The result of that is you had people as early as elementary school being exposed to programming through Commodore, TRS80s, Apples, etc. Being exposed to something so young tends to give you more understanding over time. Of course, it wasn't for everybody.
Today, computer are more abundant than ever, but they already do stuff. They've, for the most part, become appliances. You have to actively seek out programming whereas before, the computer didn't do much without it.
The result of that is you had people as early as elementary school being exposed to programming through Commodore, TRS80s, Apples, etc. Being exposed to something so young tends to give you more understanding over time. Of course, it wasn't for everybody.
Today, computer are more abundant than ever, but they already do stuff. They've, for the most part, become appliances. You have to actively seek out programming whereas before, the computer didn't do much without it.
I'm a little biased though.