What could possibly go wrong?

So what are the reasons for getting educated? Social, financial? Sure, some like to quote Shakespeare as it makes us sound smart but, we need to be competitive to get a job.

This just sounds like the 'Computers will make our lives easier and give us lots of free time' argument. That didn't happen. We all just do more.

So to compete with others we will just have to learn more. Kids will likely be spending the same amount of time being educated. They might just know more at the end.

No. It does not. A cashless society does not necessarily need the internet. Look up:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

There are of course other examples. They can be made to work.

How long will the Kahn Academy last now?

My first thought...

British pop singer Dido.

No harm can come of that. The tree will be gone soon.

The Unix principle was to keep it simple. GNU/Linux followed those ideals. Systemd is not simple. It goes against the very principles of Unix.

Magic was just that. Who needs extensions?

As a side note: As someone pointed out. Ubuntu already has shell scripts to replace egrep/fgrep. They've been gone a while.

Those who don't grok Unix, almost certainly won't grok, grok?

through the roof.

Indeed all goods bought and sold via IT will be very expensive as everyone seeks to insure themselves. IE. The cost to the economy might be catastrophic.

"may not want to use or use as intended"

Yep - I do believe that is what they are worried about.

Sounds like an Arduino project to me!?!

Waters breaking from cabin compartment leaking into battery compartment...

This same argument applies to the side story of more women moving in to traditional male jobs. The more applicants, the less the pay has to be.

Konqueror - at least for some...

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"