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Re:Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid by neilv on Sunday August 30, 2020 @11:13PM (#24328192)
I think that's a clever bit by Douglas Adams, and there's some truth to it in some contexts, but I hate to see it voted to the top on HN specifically.

The reason is that our industry right now doesn't make a secret about widespread, accepted ageism. And a common talking-point defense of it is "not learning new technologies".

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Re:Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid by tempestn on Monday August 31, 2020 @01:50AM (#24328837)
I think it's clever because we all (at least those of us over 35) recognize this tendency in our own thinking, at least to some extent. It certainly doesn't mean we reject or are incapable of learning new technologies. It's more about introspection—realizing for instance that the fact I have little use for TikTok is more about me than it is about TikTok. Personally I don't feel it needs to have any ageist connotation.
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Re:Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid by blub on Monday August 31, 2020 @07:32AM (#24330359)
It's not that simple. A lot of technology today is manipulating or is spying on its users.
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