[mratzloff]

A 60-year-old software developer is still a software developer. In the general population, older people are less technically savvy than younger people (on average). Most politicians are not software developers, therefore it stands to reason that politicians tend not to be technically savvy.

[mechanical_fish]

In the general population, older people are less technically savvy than younger people (on average).

[Citation needed.]

[mratzloff]

Hacker News at its most pedantic.

http://readwrite.com/2011/08/02/older_people_not_using_smart...