Yep, I've noticed this. He's consistently ~10-20 years ahead of the curve. Much of Snowcrash (written c. 1990, I presume, published 1992) stopped being SF only circa 2010. Diamond Age is starting to get real - watched a video of folks 3-D printing rocket engines last night.https://twitter.com/N8istootall/status/1311017222123458560 …
The elites are more blind but the author shares their blindness so it works out. Making the main character a super genius Eritrean woman - the people with the lowest average IQ on Earth - typifies it. Trying to pretend that isn't the case destroys the blues IRL