He's only seven years older than I am. Early email and the first stirrings of Usenet news would have been going on while he was in college. He probably has younger friends who would be more exposed to/deeper into the net. And even supposing he didn't really find out about the net until the explosion in the early 90's -- even then, it's something he's been aware of for a third of his life! It's not a new thing, and he's had plenty of time to be around the culture. We won't get a president who's a real nethead for a few decades yet, but yeah, he's at least part of the same world.
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Date: 2008-11-07 05:41 pm (UTC)