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Re:“Kids who grew up on smartphones do not know how to do an... by kwhitefoot on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:48PM (#28789780)
"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them."

Alfred North Whitehead

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Re:“Kids who grew up on smartphones do not know how to do an... by asdff on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:18PM (#28790172)
I'm sure Alfred North Whitehead wasn't advocating stuff like not teaching the fundamentals of the why and how we can make these abstractions.
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Re:“Kids who grew up on smartphones do not know how to do an... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:33PM (#28790384)
> I'm sure Alfred North Whitehead wasn't advocating stuff like not teaching the fundamentals of the why and how we can make these abstractions.

I’m sure he wasn't advocating it so much as recognizing that it was inherently, inevitably, and universally a consequence of progress.

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