Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?
by denimnerd42 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:56PM
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Plenty of professionals are out there teaching on youtube. I can fix my car, my plumbing, my electrical, I can frame an addition to my house, I can setup an irrigation system. Rebuild a chainsaw, build my own furniture, refinish my floor, fix my drywall, concrete flatwork. These are all things I've done in the past year. The proliferation of digital video, high quality cameras, microphones and editing software has made it easier than ever to learn from professionals. Books just aren't the same thing.
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?
by supernovae on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:11AM
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This entire thread feels borderline ridiculous.
We have all the internet but damn even books are better and broader today. I can order that rare special indy book and print it on demand and have it show up in 3 days
Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?
by iratewizard on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:33AM
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There are a lot of how to guides. Anything requiring a longer attention span or curated lesson is not promoted by the algorithm or facilitated well online. I mentor developers on a regular basis. Unless they need a book to get foundational knowledge or a recipe on how to make something very specific, I teach it myself because there's no adequate YouTube tutorial.
There's also no YouTube tutorial to tell you something like "don't mix types of metals for you gas plumbing or you'll kill your family" because there's no professional watching you make stupid mistakes.