

Here is basically the same article from 2009
It may not be every generation, but this certainly isn’t the first
Computer science isn’t a fair example to use. Computer science still uses low-level technical skills that has recently been abstracted out from most consumer technogy
That’s like the trucking industry sounding the alarm about driving skills because fewer people are driving. Yeah, if the population isn’t naturally using those skills in daily life they won’t be as good at them
We’re not going to rearrange all of how society uses technology just to give the ~1% of younger people going into CS a head start again


Not a big deal to you
There are other people in the world that live different lives than you. Some of us use it as a primary messaging platform. It’s how I talk to most friends and family