FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote

Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by wpietri on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:02PM (#9114501)

As a relatively old person, at least for HN, I don't believe it's ad hominem to suggest that old people don't understand new things as well as younger people do. And it's clearly an issue for the Internet. Note, for example, the strong correlation between age and internet use here:

http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-age-literature/#many

There's also the term "digital native": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_native

There's always a difference between the technologies you grew up around and the ones that have emerged after you became an adult. For me it feels similar to my native language and the ones I've picked up later.

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by rayiner on Thursday February 26, 2015 @05:31PM (#9116014)

> As a relatively old person, at least for HN, I don't believe it's ad hominem to suggest that old people don't understand new things as well as younger people do.

As a pretty-young curmudgeon, I will say that young people often throw out "he's old and doesn't understand the internet" when they really mean "he's old and doesn't share our values re: the internet." "Neutrality" is a value you subscribe to, not a technology to be understood.

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Re:FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote by paulhauggis on Thursday February 26, 2015 @02:14PM (#9114632)

"As a relatively old person, at least for HN, I don't believe it's ad hominem to suggest that old people don't understand new things as well as younger people do. "

My issue is that many young people think that new things are completely different..when in reality, it's just better/different packaging and marketing on an old idea.

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