[thisiswrong]

> Learning the Internet now, or at least learning about it, is wise. By the turn of the century, "network literacy," like "computer literacy" before it, will be forcing itself into the very texture of your life.

Wow, the prediction is a decade off... but 100% correct for those who live in the developed world!

It's funny, because EXACTLY the same could be said right now about cryptocurrencies, blockchains, and Distributed Anonymous Corporations (DACs). The rapid rise of Bitcoin being just the tip of the iceberg.

[Sharlin]

How is it a decade off? Internet was ubiquitous in developed countries already a decade ago.

[thisiswrong]

Rather, in the developed world we are now online 24/7 - with the rise of 3/4G smartphones. However, this is only so since 2009 - 2013 for most people.

[r0muald]

Only if by ubiquitous you mean "all my friends use it" or developed country = [US, UK, Germany and a few others]. Really.