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RE: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age?
Subject:RE: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:34:12 -0400
It would be great if everyone had basic knowledge of the technology that
we use every day. For example, any reasonably intelligent person should
know the basics of car repair, but I don't -- which is good news for my
mechanic.
On the other hand, if Auto Mechanics were a required course in high
school, that might be good news for some tech writer!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: voxwoman
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:19 AM
> To: Daniel Ng
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age?
>
> You'd get a very similar response if you asked (for example)
> my brother about how his car works. And he's a Magna Cum
> Laude graduate from Yale Law School. He can tell you how the
> *Constitution* works, but not anything remotely mechanical.
> There are just some people (even educated ones) who don't
> care why (or how) something works, only that it does. (as an
> aside, he uses WordPerfect instead of Word).
>
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