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?

I drive a car (actually I do not, because cars sucks). I don't give a flying Philadelphia fuck how the car works, it just does and I am happy. The car is broken, so I take it to a mechanic to have it repaired. He knows how it works, he has been learning it for some years. How cars work interest him, he likes tweaking, repairing them.