Published: June 11, 1995
Keegan's penchant for coining labels and casting people in "us and them" categories may make titillating reading but it also does a disservice by hyping the rift between the digital knows and know-nots. Working with computers is like working in any other complex field that requires specialization.
What's different about digital technology is that it's new; what's new can be made trendy and what's trendy can be sold. Entrepreneurs who feel visionary and visionaries who feel entrepreneurial have always stepped up to trends with hawkable wares, useful or not. Meanwhile, as digital tools and systems become widely used, the jargon and concepts will permeate our culture, becoming more familiar, less scary. FREEDOM BAIRD Brooklyn