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?

Hi, Do you like lisp? When I first stumbled into Lisp advocacy on various corners of the web I was already an EXPERT PROGRAMMER. At that point I had grokked what seemed at the time a wide range of programming languages. I was proud to have under my belt (Java, C, C++, C#, C-, FORTRAN, BBCODE, etc.) I was under impression that I knew EVERYTHING there is to know about programming languages, I had written HUGE PROGRAMS you couldn't even COMPREHEND at age 12. I couldn't have possibly been more wrong. My initial attempt to learn Lisp came to a crashing halt as soon as I saw some sample code. I suppose the same thought ran through my mind that ran through thousands of other minds who were ever in my shoes: "OMG WTF LOOKS SHIT WTF IS UP WITH THAT ())()))))(((() FUCK!!!!11111" I couldn't be bothered to learn a language if its creators couldn't be bothered to give it a BBCode like syntax. After all, I was almost blinded by the infamous suave space toad Lisp! For many months the Lisp advocates pressed on. I was baffled. Many extremely intelligent people I knew and had much respect for were praising Lisp with almost religious dedication. There had to be something there, something I couldn't afford not to get my hands on! Eventually my thirst for knowledge won me over. I took the plunge, bit the bullet, got my hands dirty, and began months of mind blending exercises. It was a journey on an endless lake of frustration, I am stupid fuck. I turned my mind inside out, rinsed it, and put it back in place. I went through seven rings of hell and came back.

And then I got it.

I KNOW LISP.
I AM SO SMART.
I AM SO EXPERT, NOW I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT PROGRAMMMING, I DONT HAVE TO LEARN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE EVER.