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I read some research a while back which sort of backed this up: Zoomers are superficially technically competent, I mean they use the internet, and phones, and were born 'digitally native', but beneath that superficial layer they're considerably less technically skilled and competent than previous generations because most of what they've grown accustomed to using and doing is streamlined, and had the corners removed so they can't hurt themselves - if your day to day digital experience is scrolling through instagram and tiktok, and commenting on reddit, and buying shit from Amazon, all from your iPhone, then it's probably not too surprising to find that you don't actually have any real skills, or have really learned about how to learn new things.
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I read some research a while back which sort of backed this up: Zoomers are superficially technically competent, I mean they use the internet, and phones, and were born 'digitally native', but beneath that superficial layer they're considerably less technically skilled and competent than previous generations because most of what they've grown accustomed to using and doing is streamlined, and had the corners removed so they can't hurt themselves - if your day to day digital experience is scrolling through instagram and tiktok, and commenting on reddit, and buying shit from Amazon, all from your iPhone, then it's probably not too surprising to find that you don't actually have any real skills, or have really learned about how to learn new things.
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