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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by CapricornNoble on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @11:42PM (#21926700)
In my experience the problem isn't elitism. The problem is large swathes of the human population are lazy luddites.

I see it with cars too. I have friends that love owning fast luxury coupes, and yet don't know how to change their own oil, and can't drive a stick shift. Some of those are guys who build their own PCs, but when it comes to anything mechanical? Nope. Don't even want to learn, and that surprises me.

You can lead horses to water but you can't make them drink, I guess.

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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by shadowgovt on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:52AM (#21928496)
Time is finite, and people choose what they are interested in learning. One is not a "Luddite" for not understanding how one's car works if one has a mechanic for that.

So too with software and networks. The internet would never have gotten so big and useful if we demanded every user understand all its subsystems.

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