My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We’re in our early 40s.

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    I actually heard zoomers are worse with computers in general because they just use their phones instead. So I guess it depends on the tech.

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      I used to teach a python scripting course to graduate students in Biology. With each progressing year, the average base computing skills actually went down. A very large fraction these days has trouble with the very concept of files and folders.

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      I work in schools and kids aged between 5-12 are clueless with computers, they just poke the screen because they have no idea how to use a mouse and keyboard.

      If the computer isn’t switched on they don’t have a clue how to switch it on, just keep switching monitors on and off lmao

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        Reading comments like these is making me feel better and better about my practice so far of giving my young kids access more to a Linux desktop than to a phone or a tablet.