There's something to be said about growing up using devices that are made for creation and not just consumption - the barrier to go from "this is a cool web page! How can I make one?" is a hell of a lot higher on a phone than a computer, or now vs. the mid-90's (if only because the standards are so much higher).
But this guy is just being a jerk: "Digital natives my ass, all they do is stream videos on YouTube and Twitch."
Which is a shame, because it crowds out what I was hoping would be a more thoughtful discussion about devices created purely for consumption, or perhaps walled gardens, and how they don't afford people the same opportunity to learn as general purpose computers.
I wonder if early car enthusiasts felt the same about people who learned to drive when you no longer needed to know how to fix your car all the time.
But this guy is just being a jerk: "Digital natives my ass, all they do is stream videos on YouTube and Twitch."
Which is a shame, because it crowds out what I was hoping would be a more thoughtful discussion about devices created purely for consumption, or perhaps walled gardens, and how they don't afford people the same opportunity to learn as general purpose computers.
I wonder if early car enthusiasts felt the same about people who learned to drive when you no longer needed to know how to fix your car all the time.