Unsurprisingly, Dave Itzkoff is wrong.

Set in a world that is similar but not identical to our own, “Anathem” imagines a modern-day monastic order whose members have pledged to live their lives without computers or electronic technology.
-- Dave Itzkoff, still pretending to be the NY Times SF reviewer.


Which is why they have an entire caste of IT specialists, doncha know.

There's at least one more "I read the back cover and somebody else's review" mistake in there.

Unsurprisingly, Dave Itzkoff is wrong.

Set in a world that is similar but not identical to our own, “Anathem” imagines a modern-day monastic order whose members have pledged to live their lives without computers or electronic technology.
-- Dave Itzkoff, still pretending to be the NY Times SF reviewer.


Which is why they have an entire caste of IT specialists, doncha know.

There's at least one more "I read the back cover and somebody else's review" mistake in there.