[OT] HyperCard and the Interactive Web

Roger Eller roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
Sun Feb 26 13:23:48 EST 2012


On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Richmond wrote:

> On 02/26/2012 07:18 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote:
>
>> We're wandering a bit here, but I disagree completely, so of course I
>> should reply ;-)
>>
>
> I'm not sure whether we are wandering, as there is some sort of malaise
> among young people
> if they think that knowing how to create emoticons in Facebook constitutes
> IT.
>
>  ...  but when "push comes to shove" cannot do anything beyond typing
> essays in 'Office', f*rt around
> on Facebook, talk to each other with Skype, and muck around with Youtube,
> I find myself
>  troubled.


I hate to take sides, but the points Richmond has made, I believe to be
spot-on. Imagine if Steve Jobs (RIP) had been simply given a Mac, iPod,
iPhone, iPad when he was a child. Would he have worked to gain the basic
understanding of all the underlying parts and code that brings forth the
usefulness of those inventions?  I doubt it. Hardship is a foundation for
progress. Easy street is a foundation for arrogant elitism, or worse yet,
sheep.

~Roger



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