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lazyasciiartyesterday at 3:19 AM1 replyview on HN

They appear to be equating technology with products that did not exist when they were in elementary school.


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WalterBrightyesterday at 6:03 AM

That would be correct! And all the technology added since has resulted in no discernible improvement in educational results.

In college, the classes were a lecture with a professor, 9 blackboards and colored chalk. Not even handouts (well, there was one on time dilation).

Calculators utterly wiped out slide rules when I was in college, though nobody learned any math from a calculator. Calculators just made for quicker work to more significant figures.