@avalos @DHeadshot @alcinnz bingo. Because the prevailing ignorance and (proprietary software-induced) learnt helplessness has, I believe, led us into a digital Dark Age. https://davelane.nz/darkage

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'90s-'00s was a bad time for computer education as it just focused on "This is how you use Microsoft Office". We're now looking at the results of that. While people in general might not have stuck to Microsoft, the mindset has set in.



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BTW, I don't necessarily think that computer education is that much better (though there has been more of a push in recent years with the Maker resurgence), but I have less contact with it so it's hard to tell. I'd love it to go back to the kind of acceleration from the '80s though (that we had in the UK anyway. The home computer revolution and the computer literacy stuff in the media shouldn't have been lost).

@DHeadshot @alcinnz @avalos computer education is generally horrible because it's been almost entirely outsourced to the very autocratic entities in whose interest it is best to have a docile and ignorant populace. There are much better models: https://davelane.nz/different-approach-digital-technology-schools

@lightweight @DHeadshot @alcinnz @avalos I do not believe, that computer skills are a necessity to educate people about privacy and media literacy. Access to smartphones and computers is a huge privilege. Many people do not own a computer at all, but only a smartphone, which they depend on for communication. Most humans worldwide have completely different problems that are existential, they cannot be asked to learn about computers. I think media literacy and privacy should be the focus.