Comment by newsbinator
4 years ago
Do kids not understand the concept of a filing system? I think they do understand it.
They get that you can have multiple labeled filing cabinets, each with multiple labeled folders, each with multiple papers.
They can abstract that to digital files if they have to, probably within seconds (say if a game mechanic required them to understand this).
But do they need to?
Yes. The file is the concept about owning your data and not relying on some algorithm controlled by a 3rd party controlling access to it.