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Essay / Technical illiteracy and its impact on society - 975
Technical illiteracy “In the digital age, we must learn to create the software, otherwise we risk becoming the software” by Rush off (Rushkoff ). This quote helps in the article to support our arguments against technical illiteracy and its impact on society. We live in the 21st century, we benefit from scientific progress and we consider ourselves civilized people. The future of society is not only about learning new skills, using a computer, not only about becoming a modern illiterate, but also about making life and work extremely inconvenient. Illiteracy is illiterate people. The same is true in various dictionary definitions. Literacy and writing have no impact on their lives and survival. The age criterion is essential and constitutes the main discriminating factor in the application of these technologies. On the one hand, we are talking about cognitive reasons: man's age is more difficult to relearn (Freire and Donaldo). On the other hand, for this group of people, the Internet is not of particular interest given their lifestyle. Their daily lives are built around established habits, they are homebodies, they have developed a strong relationship and the Internet does not play a particular role for them. When we talk about people who don't use the Internet, it doesn't mean that they don't neglect comments. Phones used by almost everyone and even the elderly are mobile savvy. Internet access will continue to play a minor role in some populations. Most research focuses primarily on rural areas. This mainly applies to people whose activities and circle of friends do not require the use of the Internet. Some want to live in a traditional way, while others deliberately refuse the network. - These p...... middle of paper ......this was the case, one should not overestimate the importance of technical illiteracy, because many live in an environment where the use of The Internet can be very gentle or even come to nothing. To conclude, this article discusses the real-world consequences of technical illiteracy on the Internet. And how do these consequences relate to privacy, commerce and democracy. “Internet illiterate” is the word for everyone, but still strange enough, someone might ask: what is “Internet illiterate”? In fact, in 2005, when the United Nations set three standards for illiterates in the new century: the first is they are not literate people, they are old illiterates in the traditional sense; the second category is not recognized by the symbolic people of modern society ;.”