Don't we all wish we just magically knew how, like in the Matrix!
No matter when you were born, all of those people who do know how to do things had to learn it from someone or somewhere. We should consider ourselves extremely lucky to live in an age of easy access to a vast resource of knowledge... Before the internet you literally had to go to school, work or to the library to learn new things. Now its literally a click away.
what happens when more and more people rely on youtube videos and fewer and fewer people are available to actually make the videos because they never learned how to do something since they are only one click away from that information?
Robots driven by advanced AI is the most likely course of action, there is obviously always going to be people with a passion for these types of skills so I doubt we will run out of "professionals" or even "hobbyists", but given where technology is headed... I wouldn't be surprised if many of these tasks are performed by machine intelligence in the next 30 years.
I see what you are saying, and for the most part, I agree. However, it feels wrong when I'm perfectly capable of learning a hobby/craft, but never bothering to because it's just a click away. Also, I did say I was hyperbolizing earlier.
Nothing is stopping you from taking the time to "learn" those skills. Honestly, I applaud people that take their time to learn a new skill and not just using youtube.
you're right. the only thing stopping me from learning them is the fact that I don't have to. It's the gift and curse of the Information Age. I rely on the internet too much. I like to think I live pretty simply compared to most, but a lot of my lifestyle would have to change if I lost access to the internet.
Exactly. The information age is well into its 2nd decade now and it's only going to get more advanced and of course more intellectually complex. Now instead of learning how to fix a car or a washing machine, people are learning to code, build their own computers and figure out how to use some of the dozens of new gadgets released every month. There is only so much the human mind can handle, and with all the new stuff we need to learn to keep up with where society is moving towards, especially one that is driven by advancing technologies on such an exponential level.
There is really one thing that we can collectively do, and that's to dump some of the old knowledge for new knowledge (and skills). For instance, how many people you know that can operate a horse and carriage? :)
Youtube videos are basically how I make repairs, but I wish I would just know how.
Don't we all wish we just magically knew how, like in the Matrix!
No matter when you were born, all of those people who do know how to do things had to learn it from someone or somewhere. We should consider ourselves extremely lucky to live in an age of easy access to a vast resource of knowledge... Before the internet you literally had to go to school, work or to the library to learn new things. Now its literally a click away.
what happens when more and more people rely on youtube videos and fewer and fewer people are available to actually make the videos because they never learned how to do something since they are only one click away from that information?
Robots driven by advanced AI is the most likely course of action, there is obviously always going to be people with a passion for these types of skills so I doubt we will run out of "professionals" or even "hobbyists", but given where technology is headed... I wouldn't be surprised if many of these tasks are performed by machine intelligence in the next 30 years.
/edit - Fixed a couple typos.
I see what you are saying, and for the most part, I agree. However, it feels wrong when I'm perfectly capable of learning a hobby/craft, but never bothering to because it's just a click away. Also, I did say I was hyperbolizing earlier.
Nothing is stopping you from taking the time to "learn" those skills. Honestly, I applaud people that take their time to learn a new skill and not just using youtube.
you're right. the only thing stopping me from learning them is the fact that I don't have to. It's the gift and curse of the Information Age. I rely on the internet too much. I like to think I live pretty simply compared to most, but a lot of my lifestyle would have to change if I lost access to the internet.
Exactly. The information age is well into its 2nd decade now and it's only going to get more advanced and of course more intellectually complex. Now instead of learning how to fix a car or a washing machine, people are learning to code, build their own computers and figure out how to use some of the dozens of new gadgets released every month. There is only so much the human mind can handle, and with all the new stuff we need to learn to keep up with where society is moving towards, especially one that is driven by advancing technologies on such an exponential level.
There is really one thing that we can collectively do, and that's to dump some of the old knowledge for new knowledge (and skills). For instance, how many people you know that can operate a horse and carriage? :)