It's not necessarily a problem that the older generation can only think about technology in a metaphorical sense, the problem is that the metaphors they are using are idiotic.
I think, by and large, people are constrained to thinking about things they can describe. To that extent, being able to accurately describe something is meaningful, and is therefore a linguistic issue.
Semantics are very important when you are dealing with minutiae, and the law hinges on comparisons and extremely complex semantic arguments.
To that extent, it makes sense that we argue about the metaphors.
I think, by and large, people are constrained to thinking about things they can describe. To that extent, being able to accurately describe something is meaningful, and is therefore a linguistic issue.
Semantics are very important when you are dealing with minutiae, and the law hinges on comparisons and extremely complex semantic arguments.
To that extent, it makes sense that we argue about the metaphors.