Modern children (and a lot of adults) are digital natives. They are immersed in technology, feel comfortable with it, reach for it before anything else when wor

Modern children (and a lot of adults) are digital natives. They are immersed in technology, feel comfortable with it, reach for it before anything else when working/relaxing/etc. Immersion, however, is not the same as mastery. Fish live in water but that doesn't mean they understand what that means, or how to respond to problems within that water [1]. Modern mainstream computers are hostile to user understanding in the name of UX. You get happy paths and rigid defaults and hidden complexity, all in pursuit of smoother, frictionless computing. That's all fantastic, until something breaks and you're suddenly lost, outside the well-lit paths. If there ever was a generation of 'digital natives' in the way that people tend to mean that phrase - in touch with technology, in control and aware of their devices' capabilities - then it's not modern children. It's a generation back, when trying to get a computer to listen to you involved hacking your way through awkward commands and workarounds, learning as you went. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97082-there-are-these-two-young-fish-swimming-along-and-they https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97082-there-are-these-two-y...