TXLF: TexOS teaching open source

Posted Aug 9, 2012 10:28 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (guest, #307)
Parent article: TXLF: TexOS teaching open source

This seemed just silly to me:

> About the curriculum, Beck said that it is a common misconception that schoolchildren of today are "digital natives" (meaning that they have been using technology practically since birth, and have no problems adopting it). While that might have been true ten years ago, he said he has found the kids of today function more like "digital zombies" instead: taking technology for granted, taking no interest in how it works, and not knowing what to do when flipping the "on" switch fails. Thus it is important to teach kids about the technology under the hood, hopefully encouraging them to start hacking on their own.

It is like saying GenX's are "TV natives" or baby boomers are "car natives" when in reality mostly we are "TV zombies" or "car zombies"...

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TXLF: TexOS teaching open source

Posted Aug 9, 2012 15:41 UTC (Thu) by dashesy (guest, #74652) [Link] (1 responses)

But it seems to be true. Although Not a "TV zombie", I am a "Car zombie". I never had time or incentive to learn about them (no experience) and it seems that they just work nowadays, and if not I should call the insurance company. We as humans have limited time-energy to spend on our hobbies.

TXLF: TexOS teaching open source

Posted Aug 13, 2012 16:42 UTC (Mon) by hummassa (guest, #307) [Link]

My point was it's true that people are more likely XXX zombies than XXX natives, and it's silly to expect them to be natives!