Alexie's comments were in a Colbert Show interview. I saw the show, which is on Hulu if anyone is getting peppy about researching this. I saw him speak at the Seattle Center a few days after the Sept 11 attacks. Sherman Alexie's entire schtick and world view is backward facing. No wonder a domain of inquiry residing more in the 21st century than in the 18th is frightening to him.

(I didn't read the article. I've got my own opinions and agenda) We gave our son a disabled Blackberry at 6 months, and a OLPC laptop at 14 months. He hasn't gotten bored with the laptop at all. It stays on at a workstation area he chose and arranged, and he is the only one who gets to use it. I am proud of him and certain he is better for having these gadgets in daily use.