Perhaps only someone whose interests transcend society can master it so completely.

And 70 per cent have mastered the gadgets completely by the time they start primary school.

When you find yourself listening to a song in which the entire chorus consists of the singer murmuring 'hmm', you know you are either in the presence of a songwriter who hasn't quite grasped the rudiments of the craft, or of one who has mastered them so completely, she can do anything she likes.