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Orikinla: OP, the older folks you know must be intellectually re-tarded and even the majority of the younger generation of Nigerians are also intellectually re-tarded
Most of them know nothing more than Facebook, Twitter, Nairaland and gossip blogs.
When I wanted to discuss Mobli and Keek with many young Nigerians, they were clueless when kids from 7 years are at summer camps in the US, Europe and Asia developing mobile apps and online games, Nigerian kids are hooked on discussing European soccer leagues and wasting millions of naira everyday betting like idi-ots and having useless chats on 2go and posting rubbish on Facebook and downloading senseless caller tunes on their mobile phones.

The older folks are in fact far ahead managing leading IT companies like Chams, Zinox and other companies using mobile cloud computing and other latest technologies in their offices from KPMG to PricewaterhouseCoopers where majority of the younger folks are in fact unemployable, because of their low IQ. And I am busy developing advanced mobile apps for tech startups for the Mobile Cloud Market Worth $46.90 Billion by 2019 as reported on my multimedia news and information blog http://www.nigeriansreport.com/2014/08/mobile-cloud-market-worth-4690-billion.html

How many of the younger folks in Nigeria know what is Cloud Computing in Education?
Discussing high tech IT with them is an ordeal, because they are just too clueless to grasp such 21st information trends.
Nigerian youths need to wake up!

For the older folks, I don't think they are retarded because some of them are academics and are brilliant in other areas. It's just that they feel that they can't learn this new stuffs. I did some research and I found out that generally, older people feel left behind with the fast pace at which technology is evolving. And it's not peculiar to Nigerians alone. For the young people, it's just about exposure. If the younger people are exposed to all these new tech and programs, they'll surely learn.

kevoh: Your Dad is right here. It might sound ridiculous to you but people (Nigerians) should learn how to read manuals no matter how simple the machine might be to operate.

The manufacturer did not put those stuffs there for play. There might be a certain operating temperature, voltage, current, frequency, angle e.t.c that you might need to tune the machine to for optimum performance or to extend the life of the machine/device.

Of course I also read through the manual (especially the warnings and troubleshooting parts) but my dad would practically want to hold the manual while operating the appliance even for simple functions.

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Forgive my 'ignorance', but I thought they said Igbos don't have a king?

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There is an apparent discrepancy between older generations and younger generations when it comes to the use of new technology. Older people tend to be less proficient in their use of technology. It is usually difficult to teach the older people new manual tasks, such as operating DVD recorders , computers or iPods.

I'll use my older folks as examples. By older folks I mean parents, uncles/aunties and grandparents.

Between parents, my mum is way ahead of my dad in terms of using new technology. My dad who is in his late fifties does not know much about computers and he doesn't care to know! He's a civil servant but his job doesn't require the use of computers so I guess that even made him close his mind to learning it.

My mum on the other hand, has a laptop which she uses and even browses for information on the internet using her modem. She recently joined Facebook. She has a smart phone unlike my dad who prefers his good old Nokia torch! My mum isn't perfect in using these devices though. She sometimes forgets some functions and where to locate some things on her laptop and when a virus causes her to lose some files on her computer, she simply blames it on the last person who touched the computer even if all the person did was to press the 'on' button. I have tried to explain to her severally that viruses don't fly into people's computers just like that.
Back to my dad. When he buys a new appliance, he will insist on reading the manual to get all the functions instead of simply looking at the appliance and applying the knowledge of how similar appliances work to get the machine running.

As for my uncles, they are pretty good with new technology but we the younger generation are still better.

My grandmother, though in her eighties, knows how to use her phone. At least she can save and locate contacts on her phone. Boy, she can make calls! But that's all she knows. If you go on to explain other ‘complex’ functions to her, you will just be wasting your time.

Now over to you.

How are your older folks responding to new technology? How good are they with these new devices?

It's unfortunate that this beautiful thread has been left in the background. Please Mynd44, mukina2, take this to the frontpage.

I have noticed that kids of nowadays tend to grow up too fast. My neighbour's 2-year old daughter speaks words that are beyond her age. She can make complete sentences and follow conversations. In fact I had to confirm from her mum if she's really just 2 years old. Sometimes I feel it is not safe to discuss secrets when these kids are around. The other day, my friend's daughter who is also 2 years and some months walked alone all the way from their house through a somewhat lonely path to meet her dad somewhere in the neighbourhood. These days you see 10 year olds talking and behaving like 15 year olds. I am sometimes amazed at what goes on in the heads of these kids. I just think that these kids are going up at a faster rate than their parents when they were their age. Have you noticed this? What do you think?

Keep the family united, save children from the trauma caused by broken homes.

^well said

^^Having a fatalistic mindset and advocating for change don't go together. A fatalistic mindset believes that things are determined by fate and there is nothing anyone can do to change them.

Expecting diverse and opposing opinions on this thread. Keep 'em coming! Please be civil in expressing your opinion.

hydeka: Very nice thread. Kudos Op. Mynd44 frontpage please. Thank you.

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arsetalks: Well, they got no votes really hence PDP not APC won in Osun oh wait...

I was speaking on general terms.

Congrats to the winner.

The APC is always feeling persecuted. You won't win the people's hearts by feeling paranoid and throwing tantrums. It is not good for your party image. *speaking on general terms*

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^^Like I acknowledged earlier, our problems are evident and glaring and could even make one go mad with rage. But you know, everyone cannot run away. Even if one runs away, Nigeria is still the person's root. It therefore lies on us to try to pick ourselves up from this state and see what good we can achieve. Yes, there is still some good that can come out of us. Since our problems were created by us, then all we need to do is figure out where we got it wrong and start from there. We finally become failures if we stop trying to succeed.

Is this thread just going to die in the shadows? Mynd please move this to the frontpage.

Much as I have a lot of things that I dislike about Nigeria, I do not agree with the common notion that it is the worst country on earth. Many persons would want to stone me at this point because there are obvious and glaring reasons why we should curse the country.
Is it epileptic power supply (even the unborn child already knows how to say NEPA from the constant use of the word by his pregnant mother) or is it the high unemployment rate or the poverty amidst abundant resources or the rampant corruption? There are a plethora of reasons to hate being Nigerian.
But the question is, are we really the worst nation on the planet as we are made to believe?

My intention is not to try to paint black white or to make us comfortable with our problems.

But for us to face our problems we have to define them correctly so that we don’t get consumed by the thought that our problems are out of this world and hence the only thing we can do is to run away from or live with them with the mentality of fatalism.

It is not all woes for Nigeria. Despite our challenges we have been able compete to a great extent with other nations. We have musicians who are well known beyond the shores of our land, we have vibrant businesses, and hardworking people. Time will not permit me to mention other things but for those who look out for the good about Nigeria, you will find many things for which to be proud of.
I believe every country has her own challenges and I also believe that for every major success in life, there is always a time of crisis. A crisis that will test your resolve on the path you've chosen. Nigeria is passing through such times and it is indeed very unpleasant. But one step at a time, we shall get there. This is not just blind patriotism! It is believing in a prospect that is certain.

This is not the time to compare ourselves with others. It is time for us to build a country that we will all be proud of. We can look to other countries who are ahead of us and borrow a thing or two that will help us on our nation building journey. But let us not fall into the temptation of comparison for such breeds despair when we see how far we have to go to meet up. Let us rather build a nation that we can sell to the world and be proud of any time.

What will really make us the worst country on earth is not our present bad circumstances but our lack of will to stand up and make things right - to keep on fighting for a better tomorrow. A sick man who believes he is dead while still alive is bound to die very soon. Let us not condemn ourselves while there is still much hope and let us not close our eyes to hope when there is indeed one. If we work towards it, we will achieve it. It is not time to resign ourselves to fate. Let us not magnify our problems beyond proportion such that we dread tackling them.

We are known as resilient people. Rather than using our resilience as a pill for "suffering and smiling" let us use it to build this country to the height we desire. God Bless Nigeria.


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