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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They've got other things to worry about - like actually using their computers and leaving all the technical bits to the people that care about it. The only thing I care about is the mutilation of the word hacker to mean one that compromises electronic security measures in a malicious or otherwise annoying manner.