I had just posted on Facebook about how sometimes people are afraid of doing things on their computers; about how often they’re afraid to push a button because they think they’ll blow it up somehow or wipe the hard drive in one click.
I wrote advising people to stop being so afraid. It won’t bite you and you will not destroy it just like that.
Then the next day I saw this Dilbert cartoon.
It cracked me up because I spend a lot of time and effort getting people over this fear.
Often people claim, “I’m just not computer literate” in much the same way that otherwise smart people will proudly trumpet their lack of math skills.
They can do that because it’s popular that both math and computers are Hard. And so, no matter how smart you may be, not knowing those things is quite OK. Society understands. Those things are HARD!
Well, can we all just give that up?
Computers are not hard. Math is elegant. (I swear that I used to be one of those proudly “innumerate”)
And, like I tell my kids, “Everything is easy if you know how.”
So, forget about, “Oh. it’s hard,” and just get it done!
I PROMISE that you won’t burn your hair off!
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