Eastern Europe and Russia (dumb question?)

[tsawmiller]

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Some have said that computers will help here. Maybe so. I’m not trying to debate, just thinking out loud. Why is it that people with more primitive technology got further along?

Because they had to think for themselves more, instead of letting the technology do it for them. If a person, um-er-uh, my age is using a calculator and misplaces a decimal point on an entry, that person will most likely realize that the answer is “off” almost immediately. A twenty-something is much less likely to notice that the answer is “off”. The younger generations trust the technology more than the older ones do, to their peril.

That’s one opinion. Someone in the younger generation might look at it differently and complain about the old guy who can’t figure out the self check-out at the grocery store. They’re different, but one is not better than the other.

That’s from empirical observation. And I have no problem with the self-check-out thank you. But I am a life long techie. It’s the lack of depth of understanding in people who have grown up with technology. That concerns me.

[csr001]

In my quote of Jacob Aagaard, (from Excelling in Chess), he goes on to say “In other words it is easier to improve on positional style with calculation than it is to improve on calculation with positional style.”

I thought that was a remarkable statement.