My theory is that Gen X and Gen Y had the benefit of seeing things improve gradually while their peers used the tech. It’s like taking a semester to learn something rather than cramming everything in a day.
As a Gen Xer, I learned how it worked mostly from trying to get games to run and later, from modding and pirating them. These turned out to be extremely useful skills for someone like me that doesn’t have $80 to blow on a single game.
They know how to navigate the phone in a corporate-approved way better than I do, but they have no idea how any of it works.
My theory is that Gen X and Gen Y had the benefit of seeing things improve gradually while their peers used the tech. It’s like taking a semester to learn something rather than cramming everything in a day.
As a Gen Xer, I learned how it worked mostly from trying to get games to run and later, from modding and pirating them. These turned out to be extremely useful skills for someone like me that doesn’t have $80 to blow on a single game.