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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Some younger people seem to believe that computers were invented no more than 4-5 years ago, and thus that anyone older than them can't really comprehend them. But of course this is nonsense - while my 78-year-old mother isn't exactly "tech savvy," she used a computer at work 20 years ago and knows her way around a computer and the internet.
On the other hand, some of the 20-something contractors my gf hires for her rental business don't have e-mail addresses or own computers. They may or may not have high school diplomas.
But I suspect that education and occupation have more to do with computer literacy than age alone does.
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Desire to learn is more important in my mind and as you said technological illiteracy runs through all generations. My parents were well educated in science to boot, yet they still fail to really learn much about computers. My dad had to write course material on computer, yet it's still pulling teeth to get him comfortable around the stuff.
I can't get my parents to shop on-line even when I show them real books I get shipped for free at a discount of usually 20%-30% over what you'd pay in the regular store. But bless them, because they are the reason the local Chapters still exists and I find use in the physical bookstore because it's still how I find a lot of new stuff.