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Gen Z are desperate to be eco-friendly but LinkedIn says they’re so underskilled they actually pose a ‘risk’ to climate progress (finance.yahoo.com)
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Came upon this beautiful piece of corporate propaganda.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What’s all this I hear about them lacking skills, is it true? Did they not have computer class in school, or mess around with computers when they were kids, installing games and shit? Making their own websites on geocities or whatever?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Geocities were gone before Gen Z was born. They were born after 2000 and grew up with tablets and apps. A Gen Z family member of mine learned about file folders from me after the age of 18.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, coding skills are the only relevant skills....especially for combating climate change......

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Tech is pretty relevant to climate change. Technology experts are definitely not the only relevant people to it though, of course social/political experts are generally more important, considering the current state of capitalists' handling of impending environmental catastrophe...