From literacy to digiracy: Will reading and writing remain important?

The article had a negative tone about the supposed change to "digiracy," but the last paragraph was contrary to that:

>"Teachers must recognise that our pedagogical tools are inconsistent with the skills needed to survive in a world where people are always connected to everyone and everything. In such a world, learning to think for oneself could well be more important than simply learning to read and write."

As one commenter noted on their site, the lust to learn and the rate of success should be linked to the socio-economical situation, rather than the technological argument. Bluntly put, children from the rich families have a higher probability of success than the children from poor families.