"Imagine trying to explain to a kid that this one computer is actually a bunch of computers and why that is cool vs. having a bunch of flashing lights visually showing the work being done in a way that they have never experienced before."

As a kid, I would do something in a virtual environment (although at that time, that meant "programming the ZX Spectrum") and the others would say "does not!" or "prove it" and then any evidence they couldn't touch was not real, it was just something I made the computer do.

On completion of my CS degree, some former friends of mine would read something at an appropriately undergrad level that they thought was interesting and tell me about it. When asked "Can you not do that?" the response would typically be "No. And neither can you."

There's something quite satisfying about building something that you can throw at the head of another person.