I feel like our "representatives," the news and entertainment media- h!ll, the whole pile of "usual suspects on TV"- are so incredibly far behind the curve it isn't funny.
We 'netizens are cruising along the Information Superhighway with the turbocharger kicked in, and Whoosh! we pass Media horse and buggy like it's glued to the ground...
I agree about our government appearing to be behind the curve on this kind of intelligence, but maybe they just want it to look that way? Why I'm not sure, but I suspect Machiavellian politics may be at work.