kerrsclyde

Being a good Dad and husband has given me the greatest satisfaction over my 40 odd years. Even though I fell into it with very little planning or foresight.

My parents were always good with tech, we always had the latest PC at home. As they now enter their 80s their patience / resilience has evaporated to nothing. If it doesn’t work immediately the get stressed and give up (or ask me).

I’m not sure as developers how you get round that.

Because they fleeced their fans?

I don't disagree with anything you say but try telling my 16 year old daughter she need to jettison any form of social media and go with the nerd crowd.

As a parent I agree parental reponsiblity is absolute but I haven't seen a workable solution reguarding social media.

I can't realistically monitor what my children are looking 24/7, like I can't listen to every conversation that they have.

I could ban all social media / phones but how is that going to prepare them for life in a world where social media is all encompassing? Plus they likely would be ostracized by their peers.

[I'm talking here about older children, teenagers. We also have a 5 year old and it's pretty easy with him, he doesn't have access to any form of social media.]

People who built billion dollar businesses didn't start them soley to become billionares. Am I wrong?

I was lucky to be given/earnt some money before I was 21. Basically enough at the time to buy a mid range new car. I invested it into an Index Fund and didn't spend any of it, even when later I'd had 4 kids and times were tougher. 25 years later it has quadrupled in size and by the time I retire I am hopeful it will fund my entire retirement.

Appricate the power you have in your youth.

"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world."

We need change.

Big business seems to call the shots, look at what is going on with UK Water Companies.

I'm not sure are current political structure will deliver that change though.

There was a BBC Four documentary about his archive. I think in that it reported that he was one of the first people in the UK to own a VHS device with the facility to record.