More on this topic: http://fortune.com/2013/11/21/inside-the-mind-of-marc-andree...
"Ask kids if they’d rather have a smartphone or a car if they had to pick and 100% would say smartphones. Because smartphones represent freedom."
"Ask kids if they’d rather have a smartphone or a car if they had to pick and 100% would say smartphones. Because smartphones represent freedom."
100% might say smartphones, because a car requires freedom of movement to deploy. They can still use their smartphone in their bedrooms, so of course a child -- whose movements are highly regulated by their guardians -- are going to choose the item they get the most utility out of.
Smartphones represent communication. Andreessen would do well to investigate the difference between comms and liberty.
He picked the phone and still doesn't drive or have his license. (Portland, OR)
[1] article's chosen demographic, though it doesn't really matter
Employment doesn't require a car, even for teens.