They are connected. They are the Net Generation. Just as the boomers were the first generation to grow up with television, the Net Generation is the first to be weaned by computers and digital media. Certainly, they will bring a new set of expectations to the workplace. We can expect trouble if our institutions do not measure up.
Hierarchy is out.
Discomfort with large corporations should be expected. Still, Tapscott does not take a completely utopian view of the impending reign of the Net Generation. He is concerned about the have-nots and praises libraries for equipping the digitally dispossessed. He introduces us to systems engineer Jimmy Efrain Morales of Bogota, Colombia, who got his start in computers when his local library automated its card catalog. But it will take more than just libraries to bring digital tools to all.