But a United Nations report still says that mobile phones are more common than toilets , with nearly half of India 's 1.2 billion population armed with a handset . The author Marc Prensky says that at no time in history has technology advanced so fast . Prensky defines digital natives as those born into ` ` new culture '' while the immigrants are old - world settlers . Shah says that the genre of science fiction may provide the most accurate insight into a futuristic society .
The author Marc Prensky says that at no time in history has technology advanced so fast . Prensky defines digital natives as those born into ` ` new culture '' while the immigrants are old - world settlers . Shah says that the genre of science fiction may provide the most accurate insight into a futuristic society .