This explanation seems anecdotally plausible.
No nationwide studies document the trend, but anecdotally, doctors and physical therapists say that as portable computers become cheaper, more powerful, smaller and lighter, and as wireless Internet access becomes ubiquitous, thousands are suffering persistent back, shoulder, wrist and neck aches.
They respond anecdotally from a position of superiority, confident with their privileged access to information, their influence on policy and their status in society.
