> We don't mistake the almost ubiquitous use of cars in the US as an indicator that the US population is 'car savvy,' so why do we do it with computers, cell ph

> We don't mistake the almost ubiquitous use of cars in the US as an indicator that the US population is 'car savvy,' so why do we do it with computers, cell phones and the internet when in reality you need to know just as much about how they work as how your car does in order to use it? That may be true from the perspective of understanding the technical workings of the internet, but it's orthogonal to the discussion of understanding internet culture. "Internet savvy" in this context means savvy with media and savvy with modern social networks, not with the OSI model of networking.