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Re: Apple Computer
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As an old person who continues to assist younger people, I've seen that so many younger people foist the resistant image on older people that the older ones think it must be right. I've seen two women stop using computers when their husbands died, and turn to their kids although they knew more than the kids did. I cringe when I see the post from the person who "helps seniors." Women, especially, were programmers early on because it could be done part-time, or they were teachers who worked with donated classroom computers, or THEY WERE SECRETARIES! They had to grapple with C:\. They learned to use computers when it was hard! Barbara
On Friday, December 20, 2024 at 04:06:24 PM EST, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
That is the common perception, but one that I believe is not totally correct. The old have seen more ways to do things than the young. They have seen more change than the young. The have more muscle memory, more mental memory(habit), more ownership of the old way. The new way _may_ make it easier until it doesn¡¯t. The old can often ¡°fall back¡± on the old way. The young, if they know only this one way, have nothing to fall back on. Hence all the jokes about Millennials and manual transmissions or cursive. When a new idea or method is introduced, it goes smoother if a plan to deal with resistance to change is already in place. I have been involved in a couple of major corporate changes. I have been involved, switching from an annual inventory to a material resource planning. You cannot imagine how much resistance you will encounter. No more hidden inventory, no more fudged reporting, no more over-time to do the annual inventory, no more week long reconciliations and huge write off to correct the inventory. With MRP, there are multiple much smaller write offs, that are much better documented and no ¡°shrinkage¡± in a manufacturing situation. Easier for the auditors to sign off. I resist change, but recognize it, so I give the change a chance before I voice complaints. This makes me look for advantages and dis advantages. Brent On my iPhone Xr > On Dec 20, 2024, at 03:34, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote: > > ? > >> On Dec 19, 2024, at 12:05 PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote: >> >> Resistance to change is almost universal, and not age dependent. The young struggle with new and strange things, too. > > The difference is that the old tend to get scared easily and give up.? The young keep on banging at it until they become masters of it. > > That¡¯s why you can usually ask your twelve year old child to help you with your computer.? They have no fear of technology, so they will have invested nearly unlimited time into mastering it.? > > It¡¯s why lots of kids teach themselves how to program at surprisingly young ages.? Approaching it doesn¡¯t intimidate them at all. > > Conversely, it¡¯s why, when I was working as a consultant, when I went to try and explain what really were simple concepts to middle age men, they would often suddenly get angry and shut down.? Sometimes going so far as to yell and curse.? These folks were scared out of their minds. > > Very generally, the older folks get, they more resistant (afraid) they become of technology.? Don¡¯t try to tell me that this isn¡¯t true.? I¡¯ve seen unlimited examples of it.? Right this second I can drag in a middle-aged man and a 10-year-old, and offer to teach both of them how to use Microsoft Word, for instance.? I¡¯m willing to bet any amount of money on which will become scared out of their mind at the prospect, and which will be very open and receptive.? > > (I¡¯m not saying this to put down old people.? I¡¯m an old guy myself.? It just is what it is.) > > __________________________________________________ > > Randy B. Singer > Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) > > Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > |
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