I feel like the people I interact with irl don’t even know how to boot from a USB. People here probably know how to do some form of coding or at least navigate a directory through the command line. Stg I would bet money on the average person not even being able to create a Lemmy account without assistance.
That wasn’t my argument, that was someone else. I’m just shitting on your response to them instead of doing the bare amount of research.
My whole point is, kids are coming out with less computer knowledge as a whole. Maybe they know more on mobile devices than older generations, but I’d argue that’s not even true compared to millennials who were also in the prime of smart phones and tablets hitting the market. The difference is millennials also know how to use workstations, making them more tech literate. Having skills on just mobile devices is very sandboxed and remedial. It’s not noteworthy in the slightest. Being able to work with a desktop OS, understanding a file system, and troubleshooting are tech skills that you get generations don’t have, making them less tech literate.
“That wasn’t my argument, that was someone else”
“If you work in IT or around youth entering the workforce, it’s extremely clear that tech literacy is worse now than it was a decade ago”
Yeah but it ain’t my argument guys I only said it and made a case for it. Come on man, just show the sources. I mean it’s really clear right so all those studies will unambiguously show it. And they’re right there in Google so it wouldn’t even be difficult to find them wouldn’t it.
The argument saying there are peer reviewed studies was not the argument I made. You’re strawman game is weak dude.
“It would take 5 seconds to do a Google search for millennials and technology and find a couple studies on the topic. It isn’t some secret that’s being hidden and it’s easily accessible.”
“The argument saying there are peer reviewed studies was not the argument I made”
Bruh moment
You’re too daft to understand context. I’m done debating with a wall.
Guess you couldn’t find those many studies on the topic that prove you right lol
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
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.
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.
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.
Here’s the full quote
“Gen Z may be less equipped for the future of technical work than we think.”
Less then people think does not mean less than other generations. Also this claim is based off of results from a self evaluation by gen z.
This is from the first source you mentioned.
“Many millennials, individuals born between 1981 and 1996, and the Generation Z population, born after 1997, have learned to be great, efficient consumers of technology, such as sending pictures, sharing videos and texting or other short-form communication.”
"However, they are far less adept at understanding how to use technology to create useful solutions to their business challenges "
Doesn’t compare gen z against millennials nor does it state that either are less tech savvy then previous generations just that the tech demands of work have been increasing faster then the education standards. That is to say that while tech literacy has gone up the demand for tech skills has grown further. This study does not say at all that tech literacy has been declining.
Following through to the study in the second source, “The results demonstrate that significant efforts are needed in order to move closer to the ambitious EU-level target of reducing the share of low-achieving students in computer and information literacy to less than 15% by 2030.” That is to say the source is showing how education targets are failing to be reached not that education levels are declining. This study also does not compare generational tech literacy levels.
Very strange to see all these sources that supposedly show tech literacy is declining generationally yet none of them are any studies of the level of tech skills each generation has had during the period they were joining the workforce and a subsequent comparison. Almost like that’s a made up abstraction based off of vibes.
Conveniently left out the relevant part:
This, togheter with the previous paragraph which you mentioned, is talking about a direct comparison of Gen Z and Millennials and it directly states Gen Z is less tech savvy than Millennials.
But it does, like multiple times, even on paragraphs you quoted.
I provide you with multiple sources explaining how tech literacy is declining, you keep saying they don’t compare. What do you think less means? What do you think declining means? It means they are comparing.
Try wasting someone else’s time lmao