2 Nov
2003
2 Nov
'03
4:29 p.m.
On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Johnny wrote:
Hey, I'm one of them. I'm 23 now, I've
been heavy into computers since I
was about 14, been going after classics since I was about 17, worked in
the computer lab of the local science museum(www.omsi.edu) for a year
and a half around that time, got my ham license at 18... And the whole
time I've been mostly surrounded by old farts. Rather depressing
sometimes. There's a big problem getting younger people into ham radio,
too... Hell, getting ANYONE. The old people just get grouchier and
rarely teach the others(I'm glad I know a few exceptions to that), then
they die and no one knows anything that isn't spelled out to them in 3rd
grade(and we all know no one learns anything after that).
You've just pointed out one of the biggest problems facing our society.
When general knowledge of technology is lost, what then? Are all the
high-tech jobs going to be in India and China within 20 years? If so,
what will we be doing here in the US, and probably in Europe too?
The only people who will still know how all this crap works is the people
here on this list.
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