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Ask HN: What are some good sites for non tech people to keep up with tech?

10 points by iamflimflam1 ↗ HN
My wife was just asking me how we should prepare for old age and what we should watch out for.

One of my suggestions was making sure that we keep up with technology.

What are some good sites for people, who may not be deeply into tech anymore, to keep up with what is going on?

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MilnerRoute
Major newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post have pretty good stories about what's happening in tech. (The Times also has a pretty good newsletter called On Tech.)
Forestessential
Not really. You are getting coverage on projects that are already public or are being promoted or it is a persuasive piece. The best news to ingest is that speaking of markets, trading, acquisitions, etc.
yutijke
I think the best way would be to just keep note of what the younger generation is using through your kids, nephews/nieces, etc.

And tangentially since you are mentioning old age, I think cognitive decline is a bigger worry than finding the right resources to keep up with things.

It has been painful to see my Grandfather who can otherwise show great insight on topics he is familiar with, struggle with understanding things a 5 year old would breeze through today. I would say having a respectful and trusting relationship with someone from the younger generation is very important since you may reach a point where you by yourself may not be able to keep up with things.

iamflimflam1
The cognitive decline is definitely something that worries me. It's been fascinating to observe changes in myself. The days when I would just brute force my to power through problems have definitely decreased in favour of using experience and shortcuts.

I now make a conscious effort to check every so often that I'm not always using fast thinking and do actually apply real focus to questions.

Definitely having younger people around really helps. And there will come a point where I simply just don't want to learn something new - this won't be from laziness - it will just be that it's very difficult.

Forestessential
take the right supplements, avoid stress. Learning to flow through stress in life and not have to muscle through absorption is important. Diet really does matter. Caffine shrinks your brain too btw. I think all coffee drinkers and especially energy drinkers eventually need to put that crap down so they can think straight 100%%
Forestessential
This is really funny. Actually with the right diet and maintenance a person can be cognitively adept at ages over 70. And how you talk about a 5 year old haveing this inate ability to cognate at some high degree is simply false. Moraly they arent screwed up yet if that's what your people are talking about.
sqrtc
I’ve always thought of The Verge to be an accessible source of new tech, as well as broadening out a bit into more science and culture.
Forestessential
that one video they made of that kid making the PC was hilarious.. The kid just botched it in every way.