[MaysonL]

Alan Kay makes the point repeatedly that when implementation (or usage) of a technology outstrips education, what you get is a pop culture, driven by marketing and fads, AKA eternal September.

[gouranga]

I think you and by proxy Alan Kay nailed it there.

As a person who purchases items for need and function, not form, desire or promise [1], I get to see the distinction daily.

[1] all my current worldly posessions together cost 50% less than a new low-end MacBook Pro (bar one item - a musical instrument).