i think that tied in with the snowden stuff and the assumed knowledge that children will grow up with technology = technological competence is interesting.

there has been growing research and debate as to the use of technology in school curriculums and its impacts on cognitive processes. are our brains benefitting from the use of this technology that has been created by some pretty phenomenal brains or are we at risk of actually losing out on the thinking part?

the idea that we are being subsumed by a tightening grip on individual identity and self-governance through the increased use of technology and social interactions on social media and communication across Internet et al is an important one that we must absolutely begin to navel gaze about.
Snowden and its impacts on our uses of such technology is extremely terrifying to me...especially the lack of interest (or is it understanding?!).

This is what i am on about (quoted from the above article): "I want the people who will help shape our society in the future to understand the technology that will help shape out [sic] society in the future. If this is going to happen, then we need to reverse the trend that is seeing digital illiteracy exponentially increase. We need to act together, as parents, as teachers, as policy makers."