Yes, and here’s why:

The Internet & Web fundamentally remove data, information, and knowledge access barriers. Thus, we all assumed (following Web explosion) that the new digital frontier would ultimately be a powerful “enlightenment engine” accessible to all, while also being conducive to new and innovative business models.

From my vantage point (as a technology practitioner and parent), I don’t see the mass increase in curiosity that the aforementioned “enlightenment machine” is supposed to provide. Instead, there’s a prevalence of incuriosity and propagation of ignorance.

In a world where access to knowledge has increased exponentially, we also have an exponential increase in incuriosity (about things that matter). Net effect, increasing ignorance about the powerful intersection of technology and society.

In my eyes, Governments, Technology Vendors, Technology Investors, and Technology Users have all contributed to this current state of affairs — due to an inability to connect critical dots and/or pursue any deep interest in developing critical skills required for making such endeavors second nature.

Incuriosity is a dangerous problem reeking havoc on society as we know it, right now :(