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Comment by em-bee

What if we actually expected people to understand something about technologies they want to use?

but that's what we have now, and it's not working.

the implied question is: what if we don't allow people to use technology unless they can demonstrate that they understand it?

is that really something we want to do? this sounds like gatekeeping, elitism, and anti-innovation because if if less people are going to use a technology, then there is less motivation to build it.

remember, i think it was someone at IBM that said that the potential for computers is some small number? and then it grew beyond anyone's wildest expectations?

do you think that would have happened if we had required understanding before we let anyone buy a home computer?

besides education, i don't know how to approach this issue.

parent em-bee 8 months ago

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