Newspapers Fueling Terror of Computers Among the Elderly
Enough!
We have yet another entry in the annals of "why seniors hate computers news" library. This one from the Boston Globe searches for a way to write condescendingly about seniors and their fear and loathing when it comes to using a computer. We're so lucky—a Harvard professor has provided "insight" about the acceleration of the "pace of change" and the Cambridge Health Alliance, offering thoughts on how it takes longer to learn new things. Gee, was this a study? Oops, no, just a few anecdotes, vastly enhanced by the entertaining comments from seniors who have been using computers for years. Maybe that's how they read the Globe—which would be a revenue-free access method.
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