Tech literacy escalates each gen: what was wizardry for Boomers became competence for Gen X, baseline for Millennials & oxygen for Gen Z. Falling behind shifts from quirky to disqualifying.
Boomers: clicking "Allow" is courage. We sigh then forgive.
Gen X: knows enough to fix it or find you. We don't intervene; we value self-preservation.
Millennials: if it spins, they rage. If it syncs they breathe. Baseline or bust.
Gen Z: interface is destiny. If you can't navigate you can't participate.
Each cohort shrinks the last cohort's miracles to muscle memory.
The penalty for lagging climbs fast: first confusion, then exclusion, then unemployment.
Evolve or get logged out of life.
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![Comic with a woman sitting in a recliner. In front of her, two pre-teen children are staring at their cell phones.
Mom's speech balloon is in cursive. She is saying, "When I was your age, I had to write in a style called 'cursive'."
One child texts to the other, "W-T-H is Mom saying?"
The other child replies in texting abbreviation with "I-D-K."
[Credit: 18 Feb 2013 "Speed Bump" comic by Dave Coverly]](https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/114/702/496/895/210/902/original/7885d79a2c38acb5.jpg)