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A study on tech literacy (lemmy.world)

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[–] TommySalami@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Every year I believe this more and more. I've always been lumped in with the tech crowd by anyone not tech-savvy, but in reality all my knowledge is from personal troubleshooting and very limited (I'm think of trying Linux and gonna be like a whole ass event for me). I used to think that was dumb, but then I started working with more Gen Z...

They have zero idea how to troubleshoot anything. If the computer doesn't do what they expect, it's a full stop for some of them. I have "solved" so many it problems by replugging a cable or just knowing the settings option exists. These aren't stupid kids either, their in a tough industry and very capable otherwise. I think my generation was right place, right time to learn this stuff organically because shit just never worked quite right -- apple was largely the outlier back then.

[–] applemao@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

If you even know what an OS is you're ahead of 70% of the population. Probably more.