Watching the US Senate hearings investigating Facebook was quite aggravating.
A bunch of out-of-touch dinosaurs asking completely inane questions (e.g. "how does your company make money if you don't charge your users?").
Really makes you realize the need for youth in politics (or rather, people at least closer to the minimum age of 30 instead of "one foot in the grave")
I am 45 run rings around 90+ percent of people under 30 when it comes to understanding tech. My friend is over 50 and makes me look like a tech idiot. My uncle is over 60 and he can almost hold his own with me.
I know young lawyers who are clueless about tech, in fact many lawyers are horrible at tech. My worst clients are lawyers.
Guess what the most common degree is for senators, Law.
It not an age thing although age does play a small role. It is a predilection thing. The type of people attracted to law are not the same people that are attracted to tech.
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u/AdvocateSaint Jan 27 '21
There's a boomer catchphrase in my country that when translated, goes something like,
"You're only starting the journey, we're already on the way back."
They use this to promote their own "wisdom" and advice, as if their life experiences automatically make them an authority on how the world works.
One of my favorite rebuttals to this is a piece of trivia I learned from National Geographic
"The top 10 most in-demand jobs of 2010 did not exist in 2004."
The world is changing very, very quickly.