I am thankful for having been born at the end of the 70s, just at the right time. Had I been born substantially earlier, I probably would not have survivesd as I started into this world with a tumor in both eyes which was treated with a ton of radiation when I was still an infant. Technology was already advanced, but not "too much". I was lucky enough to experience the newsgroup era on the internet, a time when people were still using ASCII and fixed fonts to convey complex information. I was able to take part in a lot of things which today would no longer be possible as the technologies employed are mostly inherently inaccessible. My understanding of the world is to a large extent based on the fact that in the past, I could participate a lot easier then is possible today.
So, had I been born earlier, I would have died. And had I been born later, I would have felt the digital divide even more harshly then I already do.