but unless it's affecting them personally,
Some friends just bought a summer place that requires renovation. It is a bit of a risk for them, but they have the money, yet are stressing a little of how they are going to handle it. They are tech people - but not interested in learning about how this connects to their daily lives.
this doesn't surprise me.
Doesn't surprise me either. There are still smokers in the world who demand treatment when they get lung cancer. Educated people.
The reason is more indifference and choosing to ignore. I am not rude about it, I don't really talk about the potential of the gains, but of course mention that it is possible. These people have seen (and played an active role) in the development of internet-based products - yet don't want to be part of the next stage of evolution? They aren't that old!
I remember reading a book about Ned Kelly to eldest some years back when he was still young enough to like bedtime stories, and there was a line wherein one of the "characters" (historical figures) said something along the lines of feeling sorry for subsequent generations having nothing left to discover because the telegraph was the pinnacle of humankind's inventiveness and there could be nothing greater or something to that effect.
Maybe they're suffering a little bit of that.