aaronFeb 24

The tech industry spent twenty years turning users into consumers, instruments into appliances, and technical literacy into a niche hobby for weirdos. They succeeded.

New post: The Slow Death of the Power User
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

#technology #opensource #linux #poweruser #techliteracy #foss

The Slow Death of the Power User — fireborn

Show threadTimelime

@fireborn I agree in general, but I think you're setting the tech bar too high.

"...connect to a remote server via SSH... explain what DNS is at a conceptual level... tell you the difference between their router’s public IP and the local IP of their laptop... Twenty years ago these were things you learned in the first week of any serious engagement with computers."

Those were never things most people learned. They clicked the AOL button. Now they use iOS.

Feb 24 at 10:50amWeb
Show threadaaronFeb 24
@TimeLime That's a fair assessment. I set the bar based on what I learned to do and the concepts I learned to understand. I think, though, for illistrating what a power user used to be and what it is now it works, but I could have been more specific about that
Show threadTimelimeFeb 24
@fireborn I really mean that as a positive thing. The average people are still average - no loss there. They were never going to be power users. Don't let them get you down.
Show threadaaronFeb 24
@TimeLime Ah I understand now. I'm not down about it per say, it's just been interesting training people on the use of technology and seeing the corrilation between generation of person and technical literacy, so I did a bigger dive on it with further research and personal experience.
Show threadKara GoldfinchFeb 24
@TimeLime @fireborn I'm in my 40s and only used SSH for the first time last year.