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  • IratePirate@feddit.orgEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    Using != fixing.

    Do you need to learn how to drive (“use”) a car? Absolutely. Do you need to have intricate knowledge of its inner workings and be able to fix even the smallest component in case it breaks? No. That’s for enthusiasts.

    • greyscale@lemmy.grey.oooEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      Hard disagree. Less people should drive, they have no mechanical sympathy and scant grasp of what they’re doing.

      Its just as a society we’ve decided to enable them because it meant we could sell cars.

      • IratePirate@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I whole-heartedly support helping people get more tech literate. I just doubt that the kind of elitism you’re displaying is the way to get there.

        • greyscale@lemmy.grey.oooEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          I don’t think absolutely every sharp edge needs to be sanded off everything. I think certain things should require proficiency to be considered a learned skill.

          Computers are still a skill, and we sanded the edges off until it was playmobile pieces rather than a productive work tool.

          I wouldn’t dare call myself an accountant even if I can competently file things. Why do people think they understand computers when they have reading comprehension failure and can’t understand the computer is telling them what they need to do? These people don’t know computers, they barely know windows. They were always going to have to learn something.