"Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worse

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To me, it just came across as petulant. Ironically, the "conclusion" was basically a TLDR for anyone interested.

Way before "tldr" became something on the internet, research papers had an abstract and news articles had a lead that tells you what the article is about.

I think this article is very good but replacing the abstract/lead by a snug paragraph is not a good idea.

Fun fact, the top part of a news article is actually called a "lede". This originated not because it's actually a different word from "lead", but because in written form the latter could be confused with the metal "lead". It's described as "a deliberate misspelling of lead".