What Should The Next Generation Be to Cope with The World?

Not too long ago, computers were the most luxurious thing to have. A limited number of companies had them, and there were no skilled men (women) to operate them. To be honest, they were not that interesting things either, because would you be cool with writing commands on a prompt and getting outputs without artistic graphical user interfaces?

Things have changed for the better now. We have computers in our homes. We sometimes carry them around in our backpacks, and we have those little ones in our pockets. Here we are enjoying the goods of computers right now.

Technology-wise, our country was too slow to digitalize and develop its skills. Although there has been a great improvement, it is difficult to say that our generation is harvesting the benefits of technology. What made me say that? Most of us are using social networks, but for the worse. Most of us surf irrelevant sites on the internet. I can list many things about our misuse of technology, but let’s stop here because I am not here to talk about the cons of technology.

So let me come back to my point. I say we are not using technology or computers greatly. We’re still end-users of Microsoft and Google (Why didn’t I raise Apple? Poor Mentality LOL). So the next generation should be inquisitive about everything it uses. Kids must be fascinated by what makes Facebook, Facebook. What is the technology behind it?

(Ethiopian kids learning using tablets)

Have you ever wondered about what made the villain shoot at your avatar when you play video games? The next generation of this country should ask more, research more, and teach itself more about these things. Make good use of the internet. Search for Data Science (By the way, I am trying to get to know this concept) or Artificial Intelligence. Find interesting books written about them.

Help your younger siblings when they try to understand the behind-the-scenes of all the stuff around them. Otherwise, our country will only be the end-user of the technologies invented by other countries. Additionally, we will never be able to get the creative juice running around in the minds of the youngsters.

Finally, you may be wondering why I am not advising this to this generation. It is because I am part of this generation, and I can’t be the father figure of my peers.