Why are people so computer-illiterate?

I mean, today there are millions of people using their computer on a daily basis, yet they're all so fucking ignorant of how shit works. The average computer user doesn't know what a fucking programming language is, let alone how it works.

I was talking to a guy the other day who thought he had hacked his friend's MSN account. I asked how he went about this and he said he guessed his friend's secret password question. Then we had a long and fucking retarded argument about what hacking actually is.

Long story short: Why are people so fucking ignorant of a tool they use on a daily basis?

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Ultimately, all it reflects is whatever the mass opinion is at the time. RMS and ESR are good representatives of what hacking was at MIT in the 60's.

My view is, feel free to bitch about people stealing your word if you're an old-school MIT hacker. But if you aren't, shave your beard, you aren't Stallman.