Idiot Resistance

"Designers and engineers strive to make newer and better idiot proof things, the universe strives to make newer and better idiots."

I've heard this said before and I whole heartedly agree. Though I do not believe that there is a such thing as "idiot proof." I prefer to say that things are "idiot resistant."

Back to the point. Having things being idiot resistant means that those using it don't have to think to use it. This not only pertains to new electronic devices, but even to the internet itself. With everything going idiot resistant and making getting information easier, people's brains don't get as much exercise as they should.

I find that things would be better if things weren't so idiot resistant. The simplicity of things makes idiots think that things are easier, until they try to do something they shouldn't. Basically the level of typical intelligence gives just enough knowledge to mess things up. It used to be where if someone didn't know what they were doing, they wouldn't do it.

Alot of employers are making the jobs easier and easier to do. They think that if they make things idiot resistant then they won't have any problems. What employers used to do was just not hire idiots. I'm not going to go into this to heavily, since all I really have to say is that I work at Walmart.

Automotive manufactures are also growing bad at this practice. This started back with anti-lock brakes, a simple safety feature that is now taken for granted. Call me old fashioned, but I don't need a computer to tell me when my brakes should be applied. The new "safety" add-ons that also seem to these issues is traction control, TPMS, back up cameras, automatic braking, and blind spot/lane monitoring systems. The worst of those is in fact the last one. Having a radar system to tell you that you have someone next to you, to stop you automatically, or notify you that you are drifting from your lane is simple laziness. If you need that, then you are dangerous on the road.

Anyway, the point is that making things idiot resistant only makes it easier for idiots to resist learning.