usmbguest5318
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The notion that it's someone else's fault because "you" didn't pay attention is absurd! When the world in which one lives changes, it's one's own obligation to pay attention and adapt so as to avail oneself of the opportunities wrought by the change(s).
- Modern computing capabilities became widespread beginning in the 1980s or so.
- If "you" didn't notice that happening, that's "your" fault.
- If "you" didn't anticipate the need to be adept at using and understanding them and their potential impacts, and, in turn, adapt/develop your skills and abilities to take advantage of them, to "get 'your' piece of the pie," that's "your" fault.
- That technology advancements are a major shifter of supply has been known and communicated for ages.
- If "you" don't know and/or don't bother to find out what the implications of that are, that's "your" fault.
- Social sciences have for decades been perfecting humanity's understanding of and ability to predict and "trigger" various human behaviors. (See also: Behavioral Economics: Past, Present, Future)
- If "you" haven't been paying attention and acting to insulate "yourself" from being subjected to such triggering and analysis when you don't want to be, that's your fault.
- Public schools have for over a century taught most Americans the skills needed to notice and accurately/soundly evaluate the world in which we live. (See also: American Educational History Timeline)
- If "you" didn't master those skills, that's "your" fault.