How was the concept first explained to you, or when did it click?
I don’t remember. We had classes throughout elementary school that taught us how to use computers. I learned how to read the news and use email from my mom. I learned how to play games like Silkroad and StarCraft from my dad. I don’t remember who taught me how to watch videos on YouTube. It kind of felt natural I guess.
Do you understand how insane it is to have the aggregate of all human knowledge — the only comparable thing once being a physical library or university — one search away? That it’s absolutely insane you can engage in a real-time conversation with someone on the opposite side of the world? That you can find niche communities in an instant?
No, not really. I never thougt about it that way until I was much older.
Were your parents super strict about internet usage? How quickly did you find workarounds?
Very strict. I could only use the internet if it was for school work during the week days. But during the weekends, I was free to use it however I wanted.
There were no workarounds until high school when I was free to play games and surf the web as much as I wanted any day of the week.
Mara
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