Comment by mwigdahl
1 month ago
The book clearly and repeatedly makes the point that immersion in ubiquitous computing made the younger generation smarter and quicker than their forebears. Miri was 13 and Juan was, what, 9? Both were depicted as running rings around the older generation, even those who weren't taken out of action like Robert.
The form and maybe even the content of electronics in school may echo, sure, but the results sure don't.
No, it doesn't, and no, they weren't. They were depicted as more comfortable and capable with the technology that they'd never known a world without. Some adults weren't able to keep up, but some (most) were. If children had really become fundamentally smarter, the hierarchy of authority would have been upended, and it clearly wasn't. Miri still had to mostly listen to her parents.