Thought of this the other day. I bet a lot of us are like this, because in today’s world a lot of things we used to tinker with are gone (electronics are made to be single use and unfixable, cars are proprietary and can rarely be modified or worked on without many many thousands of dollars now, etc).
Sure, there are still hardcore electronics projects going on and people doing massive restoration projects and such, but i consider them basically geniuses, not just tinkerers who enjoy messing around and learning in their spare time while working 50 hours a week.
Im glad linux gives us a space to exist!
Holy cow, I’ve been looking for something like this!! I’ve been curious if our current state of everything being handed to us is resulting in less adventurous people who enjoy learning. I definitely see it in my friend group, tech being easy has made many of them super lazy and impatient.