Not about how slow it may be, but rather if it is there. Being in the modern day world, we are all immersed in the internet, using it to do research, connect with friends, blog. But it is an interesting thought to take a step back and think about just how complicated somethings can be.
My generation, at least in my home town, was introduced to the computer officially in the 6th grade. We would start doing various projects, learning how to use the internet, learning how to save on a 3.5in floppy disk. Now, I have heard stories of kindergartners needing to have preceding knowledge of how a computer works and how to access the internet before they enter school.
PewInternet recently did a study a couple years ago about the "literacy" of adults regarding computer usage, specifically using broadband or dial-up. I'm not going to go into the details too much, a lot of it though looked at how different generations used the internet. Going back to how kids now a days are using computers so early, they will be that much more literate with it than any older generation. Look at the gap between a what college student knows, and the average citizen. One particular image on page 36 of the report, showed that as the age increased, the percentage of people who were "non-internet users" increased. I would not be surprised if in a decade every toddler will know how to run a MATLab simulation in their freetime.
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