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by telxosser 1593 days ago
Seems pretty obvious to me that we are going backwards.

I always worried about this stage of my life as a non-software engineer that I would get lapped by the younger generation who had been immersed in technology since birth.

Smart phone immersion though not only seems useless but counter productive. No computer skills or attention span. At least I got a ton of computer skills while my attention span was shortened.

Is this going to change with Generation Covid? That seems like an easy bet no.

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Remember many more people now use computers. That does mean that some of them aren’t as familiar with them, but a lot of that is just that everyone uses them a bit at least