Knowledge of any skills other than those of the technological elite will become a redundant concept because all the information we will ever need will be instantly available to us all, and because intelligent machines will be able to undertake almost any task better and more quickly that we can ourselves.
The jump, however, from the smart-phone to photon torpedoes is massive and it all hinges on the concept of the exponential acceleration of technological advancement.
Governments may be good at certain things that advance technology, such as the peer-reviewed funding of basic research and pre-commercial development (including demonstrations of proof-of-concept), but they are rarely leaders in technological innovation.
The digital native-immigrant concept describes the generational switchover where people are defined by the technological culture which they're familiar with.