interesting corollary. A study was discussed on the radio. It found that people 18-25 YO were vastly more competent than people 25-40 when it came to finding information about a subject on the internet and using technology. However it found that the older group was better able to conclude results from a subject because they got most of their accumulation from reading books.

The end result is that while younger generation have speed and vastly more information at the tips of their fingers. Nothing beats the ability to read something and understand the concept.

The radio hosts, went on to discuss among other things, how with Twitter and Facebook, if you can't explain a complex topic in 144 characters, no one will read it. Society wants the info summarized but don't want to come to their own conclusions.

Ergo, to paraphrase Compugeek, its one thing to see where you are on your iPhone app, TomTom, GPS thingy and another to recognize a distinct peak at 186* azimuth and another at 275* azimuth and pinpoint yourself on a quadrangle map!