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Comment · 3 months ago
I still have that joy in my heart and on my server
Comment · 4 months ago
Pretty shallow analysis. Doesn't account or what sectors the new jobs are occurring or account for the extended length of unemployment many are experiencing or underemployment. If only he had asked chat GPT, it would have provided more context and nuance than a single chart.
Comment · 7 months ago
I have! Do it everyday as a program coordinator and you have an incredibly pessimistic view. Is it challenging and do many need continued resources? Yes, but I see seniors learn and embrace new technology as they want/need every day. LA has some amazing digital literacy programs, along with free devices.
Comment · 11 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Who's paying for our Marshall Plan? That'll be nice.
Comment · 1 year ago
People enjoy the comfort of consistent food and housing. People also enjoy serving their community. Working helps provide that. So for folks to be willing to sacrifice their security and comfort to get to the horizon of the new day with greater leisure time, it can be scary for many. Especially when you have to make a leap of belief that AI is a magic wand changing your world for the better. Is that supported by the evidence? It's quite the leap in belief and life change. Hesitancy seems appropriate to me.
Comment · 1 year ago
I agree. While overall not my favorite, Asteroid City was definitely his most emotional impactful film for me.
Comment · 1 year ago
AP reported yesterday they are often running without any lights at all.
Comment · 1 year ago
Overall, Senior Planet from AARP has some great resources. They even run support groups for victims of fraud. https://seniorplanet.org/on-demand/

Generations is pretty good if not a little dated but all free. http://www.generationsonline.com/

Drive your learning is great collaboration between AT&T and Digitunity. I'm uncertain if every course is free but I'm really loving their cybersecurity lessons. http://www.driveyourlearning.org/

Oasis has some great videos as well. Again, I appreciate their safety lessons. https://connections.oasisnet.org/Safety/

Comment · 1 year ago
I manage a Digital Literacy Program for seniors. This is a great idea. But for example, most seniors I work with are total beginners. Simply getting to signing up for an udemy course and figuring out player controls on this course are pretty big obstacles.

The long running "Easy Tablet Help for Seniors" is much simpler and free.

Sorry! Don't want to discourage your work though!

Comment · 2 years ago
Dishwasher at my bar here in Sonoma County CA...make 25$ plus tips...which usually is at least another 10 per hour up to 30....

We can't survive without a strong happy disher

Comment · 2 years ago
I don't know if it's "Victim Blaming"...I teach Digital Literacy courses for seniors new to technology. While I do set them up with Firefox and Ublock, we generally have them use Gmail as they are all Android Devices. Google sends a confirmation email to walk each one of them through their security settings. Of course most users just ignore this email (like I used to have students do) but now we go through it and uncheck this setting in all my courses, and unpersonalize ads as well. Feel like the most basic user who has even the tiniest concern of data privacy should know how to look at their Google Account settings. These are 80 year olds who don't even know what a "click" is but they know to be skeptical of using Google.
Comment · 2 years ago
That's why reading before commenting is preferred...there's even a synopsis outlying what the report is though at the link and the second page of the report outlines it as well. So even a cursory glance before commenting would have worked here...
Comment · 2 years ago
Much better headline....
Comment · 2 years ago
I was doing my best to not apply too much judgement with so little facts.

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