My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We’re in our early 40s.

    • Roboticide@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Same. I wasn’t alive at the time, but just looking at history it doesn’t seem like the advancements from the 40s to the ~80s were as significant as the 80s onward. The atom bomb was a huge technological achievement, but apart from instilling a whole new fear into the population, it doesn’t compare to the impact the semiconductor and specifically personal computers have had on our lives.

      I get why people over 60 struggle. There was absolutely nothing like it for most of their lives. I grew up with dial up and AOL, and while those are gone, I understand the same core technological concepts that evolved from them, and I don’t expect anything nearly so revolutionary happening to us. I mean, it’d be cool, and if it happens I hope I could adapt.