There's a strong survivorship bias type of thing going on here when we perceive of older generations as more handy than younger generations. We see older men as handy because they've had a whole lifetime of experience, and they easily could've been just as inexperienced and foolish when they were younger. It's like how people think that stuff used to be build better in the past, but they're forgetting that all the stuff that was build poorly back then didn't survive to today so that we could accurately gauge exactly how well things used to be built on average.
Now, with that sadi, I do think that it's both true that men today are less handy than men were at their age in the past and that stuff is build worse today than it was in the past.
Very astute observation and it’s clear, with fewer men going to war (on a percentage basis), working in fields or construction sides but instead making ppt slides, does buy into the perception of current men being less manly in the classical sense.
1) the cost of buying something new has dramatically lowered compared to repairing something. In addition the time and convenience cost has dramatically lowered. I can order a replacement on Amazon and have it here in a day, often you can even order installation of the new thing with it.
2) literally everything seems to have electronics and an app, etc. in many cases it’s literally impossible to fix something without dealing with this stuff and having special tools or software. Everything is customized rather than standardized.
It’s definitely true that appliances aren’t really built to last and it has been a conscious choice by companies to make it more difficult to fix things yourself!
There's a strong survivorship bias type of thing going on here when we perceive of older generations as more handy than younger generations. We see older men as handy because they've had a whole lifetime of experience, and they easily could've been just as inexperienced and foolish when they were younger. It's like how people think that stuff used to be build better in the past, but they're forgetting that all the stuff that was build poorly back then didn't survive to today so that we could accurately gauge exactly how well things used to be built on average.
Now, with that sadi, I do think that it's both true that men today are less handy than men were at their age in the past and that stuff is build worse today than it was in the past.
Very astute observation and it’s clear, with fewer men going to war (on a percentage basis), working in fields or construction sides but instead making ppt slides, does buy into the perception of current men being less manly in the classical sense.
Every generations will have its own perks and pecularities, just accept it and move on...
1) the cost of buying something new has dramatically lowered compared to repairing something. In addition the time and convenience cost has dramatically lowered. I can order a replacement on Amazon and have it here in a day, often you can even order installation of the new thing with it.
2) literally everything seems to have electronics and an app, etc. in many cases it’s literally impossible to fix something without dealing with this stuff and having special tools or software. Everything is customized rather than standardized.
You’re right on!
It’s definitely true that appliances aren’t really built to last and it has been a conscious choice by companies to make it more difficult to fix things yourself!