Erik+Mahal

=__**Erik's Wikipage**__ =

**__Digital Native and Immigrants Response__**
====The idea of digital natives and digital immigrants being a cycle is interesting. The author makes many good points in his article for the argument that digital natives and immigrants will most likely always exist. New technology will be continually produced. Moore's law states that computing power doubles every eighteen months, and in fact since the law was accepted the gap has shortened to thirteen months. With this being true it is obvious new technology is only going to be coming out faster and faster. So whatever is new and cool on the market while your at the appropriate age, you will be most comfortable with. Therefore when new advances are made and new items come on the market, you will probably be less inclined to switch from what you have known. But the generation younger than you will jump on board right away. It makes sense...but only for the time we are currently in. The fact is that as we go farther into the digital and silicon age, people are adapting. By the time the millennials get on social security (if it still exists...) everyone will be able to operate a computer. Senior citizens did not grow up around any of the technology of current day. But in today's world the younger generation is getting a lot of exposure to the digital explosion. So even when today's teens have aged they will be less of am immigrant than today's senior citizens. I believe this gap will continue to close and soon the current technology will just be part of everyone life. Even now older people are trying hard to keep up with the changing times, because they realize most technology will only ease their life. So while yes I agree there might always be a bit of a digital native - immigrant argument, i believe it will only get weaker as time goes on. ====