Also, are we endorsing the use of a TV as a nanny, now? Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
Not to belabour the point, but I think that the argument that Internet access is limited by cost is fairly soft.
Perhaps the technical knowledge issue is more important. One can construct an excellent high-performance workstation from parts obtained by end-of-term dumpster diving at Colorado College. However, the rich college kids take their TVs back home with them...
It would be almost unheard of for all but the absolute poorest families not to have at least one PC now. It's practically a school requirement.
I was talking to a friend who does front-line adult ed in some of the rougher part of London earlier in the week, and she was saying that many of her pupils have surprisingly solid basic IT skills.
What they don't have is the ability to write and spell well enough to get a job that lets them use them.
