I was basically handed a C64 straight outta the womb, and I think I’ve been so spoiled by having such free access to devices and technology, and be able to just tag along for the ride of the IT revolution, so I didn’t bother to learn to code.
I just figured that down the line they’d come up with AI that could code for me, and while I was right, I really could have learned coding and be a total IT pimp by now. Now I’m just an IT chump, which is still nice, but still.
There’s something to be said of deprivation. If all you’ve got to play with is sticks and stones, that’s when your mind come up with the sickest creations.
My wife and I have wondered about this idea. If we were to have kids, we’d want them to be tech savy and inventive, but hopefully not get too addicted to the internet at a young age. There’s something to be said about not buying them a computer, but letting them build one, I think. But it’s an odd line to walk.
Definitely will say I was interested in what I couldn’t have, but I do think there are healthier ways to fuel an interest. Hope that someday my kids will just want to tinker with my stuff
I was basically handed a C64 straight outta the womb, and I think I’ve been so spoiled by having such free access to devices and technology, and be able to just tag along for the ride of the IT revolution, so I didn’t bother to learn to code.
I just figured that down the line they’d come up with AI that could code for me, and while I was right, I really could have learned coding and be a total IT pimp by now. Now I’m just an IT chump, which is still nice, but still.
There’s something to be said of deprivation. If all you’ve got to play with is sticks and stones, that’s when your mind come up with the sickest creations.
My wife and I have wondered about this idea. If we were to have kids, we’d want them to be tech savy and inventive, but hopefully not get too addicted to the internet at a young age. There’s something to be said about not buying them a computer, but letting them build one, I think. But it’s an odd line to walk.
Definitely will say I was interested in what I couldn’t have, but I do think there are healthier ways to fuel an interest. Hope that someday my kids will just want to tinker with my stuff