~70% of people are completely worthless in the information age

[Arch0wl]

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/

merry christmas

[lurker]

that low huh

[Arch0wl]

I was surprised too

[gold stinger]

All the examples for each level of technology proficiency could be solved with ctrl+f and a little bit of work, maybe a calculator for level 3.

lmao

[-JiZ53-]

define completely worthless. surely these "worthless" people are a necessary part of the equation? there's a lot of money being made off of these worthless people

[Ecinizeerf]

I agree that "completely worthless" is just hyperbole. But when the truth is the phrase "fairly worthless" is more accurate, you shouldn't really feel much better.

[Cavernio]

"worth"

[Celirra]

I mean I don't see a problem with worthlessness.

The more worthless people there are, the more those with worth can gain.

Something something capitalism something something rich get richer something something child labour something something being the top 1%

[aperson]

The primary source has a much more interesting take than this UX hot take that "wow most of our user base is illiterate!"

• Variation across countries/economies in adults’ average proficiency in the three domains assessed in the Survey of
Adult Skills is substantial: some 97 and 82 score points separate the highest- and lowest-scoring countries in literacy
and numeracy proficiency, respectively, although many countries score within a relatively close range of each other.

• While the proficiency of adults differs across countries/economies, it varies to an even larger degree within countries,
with a difference of 62 and 68 score points between the 25% of adults who attained the highest and lowest scores
in literacy and numeracy, respectively. Countries with higher mean scores tend to have less variation in scores, with
negative correlations at the country level ranging between r=-0.44 in literacy and r=-0.52 in numeracy. [Emphasis mine]

In terms of metrics: "The results are represented on a 500-point scale, ranging from 0 to 500."

In terms of socioeconomic factors, geography is one of the key factors. Additionally, countries seem to have a technological penetration rate that needs to be measured. Countries with sufficiently high technological penetration have many fewer people on the fully illiterate side of the spectrum.

Beyond this, it seems that some of the largest correlation in the study correlates verbal/mathematical illiteracy with technological illiteracy. Given the testing methodology, especially for the numeracy section, I don't think this is surprising. The take home message here seems to be that if you want technological literacy, then verbal and mathematical literacy are prerequisites, and the technological ubiquity of the environment you live in will increase mean scores once these prerequisites are met (see Japan as an outlier on these sections).

This forum seems to way overrate the amount of technological literacy that's required to survive and be productive on society. But then again, we're posting in a video game forum where everyone's quality of life is probably in the top global 10%.

[lurker]

why do i need to worry about using a computer anyway my phone does all of that stuff

[leonid]

I have computer skills but am still worthless what do

[rushyrulz]

Originally Posted by leonid

I have computer skills but am still worthless what do

yes, pls advise.

[lurker]

the internet's just one of those pesky liberal fads give it another few years and it'll be out of style

[Spenner]

I have the computer skills I need to perform high levels of development (design/workflows/graphics technologies for print and web (getting there)). but once you learn the process of building something it's like using lego bricks. It's a period of ignorance, nobody WANTS to utilize those skills.

[SKG_Scintill]

being artistic is useless
except it keeps humans from losing their humanity

[AkromaKyle]

I am a computer but I am a Dell help me

[aperson]

Dell makes greats servers you'll probably be fine

[lurker]

Originally Posted by SKG_Scintill

being artistic is useless
except it keeps humans from losing their humanity

i disagree
humanity is incapable of creating anything on its own with any value outside that to other humans
in fact nearly all humans have no creativity whatsoever on a relative scale (largely but not entirely due to poverty) and those who do use processes and algorithms which can be recreated by machines
i know because my research involves making human creativity obsolete

[aperson]

Originally Posted by lurker

i disagree
humanity is incapable of creating anything on its own with any value outside that to other humans
in fact nearly all humans have no creativity whatsoever on a relative scale (largely but not entirely due to poverty) and those who do use processes and algorithms which can be recreated by machines
i know because my research involves making human creativity obsolete

I can't wait until we automate software engineering away. Gonna be a great day

[blindreper1179]

You guys are the 70%