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kernelle@0d.gs ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

No need to be an asshole about it. Their point about the next generation becoming less technological literate has been widely discussed and isn’t even a controversial opinion.

Here’s a few sources discussing this

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Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
None of these sources compare the tech literacy levels of different generations and the first source you provide would suggest gen z are more technologically adept starting:

“The survey of 1,000 workers in the US revealed 25% of Gen Zers feel they can’t get work done because they are “tech support” for coworkers.”

“Gen Zers say they’re fed up with being the tech gurus for older coworkers”

“Gen Z workers are 10 times more likely to feel ashamed about technical issues than their older colleagues, HP survey says”

None of these sources support the idea of tech literacy decreasing in anyway.

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- kernelle@0d.gs ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  “The assumption is that because Gen Z and even millennials spend a considerable amount of time on technology that they are technology savvy,” Irish said, according to WorkLife.
  
  “This is a huge misconception. Sadly, neither watching TikTok videos nor playing Minecraft fulfills the technology brief.”
  
  Unfortunately, Gen Z may be less equipped for the future of technical work than we think. The key reason is that traditional education is not preparing the new generation for a digitally-driven job market. A recent study from Dell, which surveyed 15,000 Gen Z members, found that 37% of them feel that schools are not adequately preparing them for the demands of a digital world. Furthermore, 56% have received minimal to no digital skills education.
  
  Across the nation, the basic skills of reading and comprehension have been devalued over recent years, intellectual curiosity among younger generations has grown weaker, and AI is rapidly replacing human thought.
  
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  - Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah so they’re stating that gen z is less equipped for technical work than someone might assume. Nowhere have they been compared to other generations tech literacy which you claimed it would nor was a tech literacy test done on any generation with the only data being from questions targeted at gen z asking them about themselves.
    
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    kernelle@0d.gs ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Nowhere have they been compared
    
    less equipped
    
    Can’t do the reading for you…
    
    This stuff has been talked about for at least 5 years. Here’s two studies that have come to the same conclusions. By The University of Toledo and the ICILS EU.
    
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