He shortened his life by at least a decade. We should express our appreciation.

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Give the man a Darwin Award.

Fair enough. I don’t begrudge your enjoyment.

You expressed surprise that Herbert is a rabid conservative. I pointed out that the book you claim to like is a celebration of fascism.

Yeah, but that isn’t why people like it.

Correct. People like Dune because it’s the biggest book they’ve read, not because they were paying attention to the prose or narrative quality of its insane plot.

The story glorifies a eugenically engineered monarchy and waxes poetic about the evils of homosexuality.

Ironic comment, since Dune’s story is supernatural nonsense written by a misogynistic homophobe who probably does think the Bible is the greatest book of all time.

Yes, but the book also became really popular among the Gen X crowd, whose hunger for sci fi was fueled by things like Star Wars.

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If you think Dune is well-written, wait until you read a modern sci-fi novel. The shittiest space opera would probably blow your mind.

Although the movies are better than the books, the actual story is spectacularly awful. Have you ever had someone try to explain it to you? It’s unhinged. And the book is so poorly written from a literary perspective. Dune is Twilight for Gen-X’ers.

Frank Herbert is such a narcissist he actually accused Star Wars of ripping him off.

It’s a relief then that Dune is one of the dumbest fucking stories of all time and casting doesn’t matter.

Since you missed it, let me explain the joke. Ahem: Kylie Jenner is a despicable billionaire who exploits poor girls for money. Touching anything that she has touched, including a hot guy, is disgusting. That’s the joke.

They’re just using the terminology that’s widespread in the field. In a sense, the paper’s purpose is to prove that this terminology is unsuitable.

With a few notable exceptions (such as medicine), the more financially rewarding the job, the less hard you have to work. In fact, that’s the whole point of getting a career! By cultivating some rare skillset, you can do less work for more money. People don’t go into finance or consulting to “work hard.”

Why would auto shops cease to exist if a generation of people became less inclined to fix their own cars? You think ALL millennials stopped fixing cars?

Tech adoption is not tech literacy.

We can ask research questions like, “of those who have access to computers, what percentage can use a mouse?” Zoomers who use iPads and phones struggle to use a mouse. This problem is as common as it is amusing. Just an example.

Perhaps you’re right and the widespread use of iPads and smartphones isn’t interfering with computer literacy. My impression as someone who works in education is that it’s interfering with computer literacy.

I also want to point out that my generation, millennials, were indeed much less inclined to fix their own cars (understandably).

I’m not sure why you find it controversial to observe that older people, who grew up without computers, and younger people, who’re also not using computers, are two groups that tend to suck at using computers. This is not surprising.

This kind of generalization matters. For instance, when designing education policy.

I work with college students all day. They are computer illiterate. It’s like working with the old. Generalizations are sometimes kinda true.

Oh my god. So the machine won’t do terrible immoral things because they are unpopular on the internet. Well ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.