Critical thinking. Consider the intent of the source.
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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It's a big ask, but Empathy.
I feel like empathy is an umbrella term for different kinds of understanding about "the other person" at different times and different situations. It's so vague it's easy to both miss seeing it and finding it at all.
Computer comprehension. You should have a basic understanding of what your pc is doing, web certificates, passwords, how to tell when youre being scammed, and how to protect your personal info. Knowledge doesnt need to be deep, just wide.
I would say way more important is how to identify scams, whether they are online, by phone, mail or in person. Just a basic heuristic on - is this too good to be true? So you can take a pause and go do research. Most of the time, a ticking clock on a "great deal" is just a sales scam, and that "for 10 minutes only price" comes back weekly or is just actually "the price".
Realize what makes "a call about your cars warranty" or "your credit card rate" spam at best. Take that and apply to more things. Is the car salesman vague about stuff? Probably going to try and screw you. Does the subscription only show the promotional rate? Know to get that ongoing rate before signing up. Just try and hone a gut feeling when things seem off somehow.
Maybw scams should be its own subject
Despite what the term "digital natives," I really feel this skill is slipping. Many of my peers woud probably get lapped by a boomer if they had to use an actual PC again
As someone who almost drowned as a child, swimming is up there for me.
"Specialization is for insects. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly." -- Heinlein
How to write clearly in their native language.
Basic networking skills. Most lives can be significantly improved by basic home network. WiFi deadzones, wireless printing, shared folders for basic documents and resources etc. All while being relatively secure.
Cooking! We eat every day and eating out adds up quick.
In this day and age, how to stay safe online and spot what are often very obvious attempts at fraud/malicious activity.
Being able to maintain their own car.
Sharpening things
And not with those god awful built in blunteners in the knife block! With a proper stone and oil is the only way
A skill is too much to ask. I just want people to move out of the way when they get off the escalator so I don't bump into their asses.
Fellow fast walker?
Not even. They literally just stand there at the exit of the escalator, looking around for where to go next, and I have nowhere to go but to bump into them, because the escalator doesn't exactly let me stop when they stop.
Preemption.
Not just when they're walking, but waiting until they're at the front of the queue to decide what to order, or being surprised when the light turns green, or getting home to find nothing to eat in the fridge... The number of people I know who just refuse to think a couple of steps ahead.
Cope with stress
The ability to survive outside / without a roof over one's head.
I'm not talking surviving solely off the land type of outdoor survival, although that is an excellent set of skills to obtain.
- Learn how to set up shelter, or find shelter if a tent / tarp isn't available
- Learn how to start a fire in multiple ways
- Learn basic hunting skills
- Learn how to sanitize / store drinking water
- Learn basic first aid
- Always remember the order of operations in a survival situation: Shelter, water, fire, food
I remember learning most of this when I was in scouts, even though I'll admit I can't say I remember most of it.
I definitely remember at summer camp once having to take a bunch of wood found within the forest and making a makeshift shelter and for one night having to sleep in it. All for the wilderness survival badge.
The skills you listed are definitely skills people should know just in case they are ever out in an area without cell signal. Although, really, everyone should know basic first aid since even just a little bit of first aid before a first responder comes can be the difference between life and death.
Ability to take breaks.
So many people burn out from stuff they enjoy. If you take frequent breaks, it helps your mental and health overall.
How to not be an asshole. If everyone mastered that, I think the world would be a great place.
Food and shelter
Mmm Lemmy comment deletion is weird as it stays there with my username. Anyway I misread the question and responded food and shelter if anyoneβs wondering.
Communication skills
Relationship/social skills
Managing your own emotions
FTP. Seriously, it's a life skill.
File transfer protocol?
Yes.
rooting android devices and installing a custom rom on them
Cooking skills. It's so great to be able to make yourself a nice plate of food.
A really good bullshit-o-meter.
So many issues with major media, corporate announcements, government announcements, and probably many other things can be solved with a good bullshit-o-meter.
What I really mean is critical thinking. Because there are vacuous ways to calibrate a bullshit-o-meter that lack logic entirely and tie one into some ideological goal. Then you can still claim to have a bullshit-o-meter but lack the ultimate goal of it, but it's really not a helpful tool at that point. My original meaning is a true, logic-based bullshit-o-meter.
even a mediocre bs meter would work
wiping his ass
level 2 of this is knowing how to install a bidet
Self awareness
I wish I could upvote this more than once.
I wish responses like this would stay on Reddit.
Learning things quickly.
It's totally its own skill, and you can learn to learn faster. What skills are useful changes with time -- the ones used in your career now might age like milk for reasons beyond your control.
How to polish and maintain your boots. On that subject, an awareness of why old school leather boots are an outstanding lifelong investment.
Common sense
U mean rare sense
Basic social skills. Let everyone talk and try not to disturb while they're at it. Hear others point of view. I think that would solve a lot of problems.