I know how to use a slide rule, but only because my grandpa taught me. He was an electrical engineer with serious mastery of analogue circuits and relays, and a passion to explain; but he never really grasped what my father was doing as digital chip engineer + programmer...
My father gave me a great start on Unix, C & Perl.
And I haven't managed to teach my children nearly as much code as I hoped (some Scratch/Snap! and python lists but not dicts yet), and they're already beginning to "but what for, AI..."
P.S. I'm reminded of the short story "My Father's Singularity" (https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cooper_06_10/) wrt. the gradual way change accumulates until a significant gap has grown.
P.S. I'm reminded of the short story "My Father's Singularity" (https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cooper_06_10/) wrt. the gradual way change accumulates until a significant gap has grown.