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floren • today at 3:38 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Do we, or our children, ever learn to farm, mine, chop wood, lay bricks, make operating systems, or program in assembly language?

Speak for your own childhood buddy


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Razengan • today at 5:32 AM

Guy that argument is still dumb: "Oh no we'll be stoopid if we don't do everything manually" like bruh when was the last time you sowed a frickin seed to grow the wheat in your McWhopper buns or whatever

This applies generally: How many comforts does everyone enjoy everyday that they have no clue how to make themselves?

Do you refine the fuel in your car from raw petroleum by yourself? The list can go forever.

No. We let prior technology make these things "solved" and forget about them so we can move on to the shit that's important to us.