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5 Myths About Technology That Are Holding You Back from the Future

Mr.Cook
4 min readDec 3, 2024

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Technology is like the air we breathe: it’s everywhere, hard to see, but very important. Not all myths about it, though, go away. They’re like old apps on your phone that you can’t get rid of. These false ideas are not only annoying, but they also keep people from using technology to its fullest. Let’s bust these myths right out in the open and see what the future holds.

1. Technology Is Only for the Young and Trendy
Picture a grandmother with gray hair writing code for her own app while her Gen Z grandchild just stares. Doesn’t seem real? Not so fast. More and more, older groups are using technology to not only keep up, but also to do well. They’re showing that age doesn’t matter by using smart devices and changing whole businesses.

A lot of older people, on the other hand, don’t use technology because they think it’s not “for them.” Why? People have been told for a long time that technology is just for kids.

The Truth Bomb: Anyone who wants to learn can use technology. Age is not a limit; people as young as 8 years old can build robots and as old as 80 can follow TikTok trends.

2. You Need to Be a Genius to Understand Technology
How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m not good with technology”? It’s used almost as often as “I’m bad at math.” But here’s the secret: most technology today is made to be stupidly easy to use. They don’t…

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Mr.Cook
Mr.Cook

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" I write on all things modern culture, politics, tech, media and the oddities that make 21st Century"

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