I wonder if the notion that computer wizards are kids isn&#x27;t an artifact of the 80s and 90s.  Back when computers were first reaching a wide audience, you often needed to do some work to manage to install games and have them run smoothly.  The machines themselves were less reliable, but more simple than machines today.  I don&#x27;t mean the UI, which was not as welcoming as today&#x27;s touchscreens, but the internal logic and organization wasn&#x27;t as complex.  So you had kids making the effort to learn these things their parents didn&#x27;t really get.<p>Even if it was never the case that most kids were computer wizards, to many people, most computer wizards were kids.  The way our minds work, that&#x27;s just about the same thing.