We store information all over the place, on paper, in other people's brains and now on our digital devices. When we need to handle more information about the world the last thing I want to store in my brain is someone's cell phone number. I'm sure you ask your family members, roomates, work peers similar questions over and over because you know they are the keeper of that answer, they essentially act as off site storage for your brain. Now we're just taking that concept and strapping it onto a rocket but it's probably the only thing keeping us from information overload.
Like it or not the physical and digital world will continue to meld. Just think what these kids are gonna get in the future with AR/VR everywhere, smart/IOT objects all over the place and some national ID system. We're worried now but they're preparing for a future where losing your digital access keys more or less shuts you out from participating in the world. Still, doesn't mean we can't teach more responsibility and encourage healthier behavior.
I'm assuming those are IB, Consulting grads at top undergrad business schools along with top undergrad engineers from the top 20. All three are raking in 100k+ starting at 22. Some of us also have parents who live close enough to major cities so saving on 1-2k a month on rent. There's a massive split in the millennial. There's a 0.1% who have parents rich enough that nothing matters, the 9.9% who are snapping up the competitive professional jobs and the 90% who are just trying to survive and start a career.
My parents use to lock up my laptop, refused to buy me games and all sorts of other stuff. I learned how to tether my computer to my phone, I learned how to hack into my router, I learned how to pick locks, I learned how to torrent. It's fucking hard to stop kids when they're determined, they have more time than you to figure out how to be deviant.
You may be interested in an app called HyperSwitch. It lets you tab between individual windows of each app! There’s also opt-tab which will cycle through individual app windows.
Why would they care, they have to do the work of 5 in the time of one because there's now off the shelf solutions for everything. Too bad if those solutions often come bloated and incorrectly configured, maybe they should hire more engineers. Some business prioritize loading speeds but big ones with brand reputation won't care, they have little to lose.
Well then, shall we kick up more of a shit storm about it to give them a little more motivation?
If the argument is "nobody will do anything about it because nobody cares," isn't the best response"then start caring!"
I'll see if I can find some old articles I used to love about how something called something along the lines of "concerned Christians of America" basically determined what could be on television for ages because they maintained a letter-writing force of a mere five thousand people. Nobody else was kicking up that level of shit storm, so the networks listened to them.
Lol it has not truly popped yet, it will climb higher and crash even harder for the next five years until the tech matures and people have a better idea of what's achievable.
A lot of software engineers grew up working late and it's hard to break that habit or it just doesn't feel natural. I have no problems with waking up at 6:30 to make it into the office but if I had the choice I would pick 11 because it fits with my natural preferred schedule I've spent most of my life living.
I think this might be because you live in a relatively trustful world of the west. Trust and privacy online will only become harder and harder to come by with how our current systems are set up.
