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paratschek on Fri 3rd Dec 2004 10:54 UTC  hopefully, computers
will be a lot easier to handle 15 years from now...  but aside
from that: in this day and age, a lot of things are very
complex. it's nice if you can build houses, service your car, i
dunno, navigate a car or a boat, knoiw your computer well,
whatever... but it's too much for the average person.  you'd be
shocked how easy it was 500 years ago to become a universally
educated person - learn latin, study theology, law and medical
science, and get some extra lessons in practical work. nowadays
that is completely impossible. we have to accept that there are
people who can't invest time in tasks that seem trivial to
others. that's just the way the world works nowadays. there's a
reason why we have super-talented specialists.  i, as an example
(not for a super-talented person, hehe) am quite a good
historian (i guess), i am an experienced computer-user (can
actually make a living out of it), and i