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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents (fortune.com)
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[-] Undvik@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago

Oh, but that "diffusal" is literally what has always been sold, that the kids are "digital natives" that just know how to use tech.

Now us millennials need to provide tech support to both Boomers and Gen-Z

[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

They kinda do, but I dont think its due to exposure to it, theyre just amazingly easy to use these days. They're very very intuitive.

I have no idea how my phone works, because I've never needed to learn. Its always just done exactly what I need it to do. I used to know pretty much everything about windows XP though.

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