What Is The Digital Divide?
What is the digital divide?
It’s pretty much the gap between people who have access to Technology and have the resources and skills to use it and other people who do not have as much or nearly no access to Technology, but it’s getting worse; the “gap” is surely getting larger as developed countries strive to develop new technology whilst the other half of the world don’t even know what technology is. Another problem is that it would give the ‘Haves’ a head start as they already have a large range of education and a higher chance of getting employed than the ‘Have Nots’. Imagine telling your boss during interviews that you don’t have a computer and that you can’t use them very well either; what are the chances of your boss picking you? The internet is now extremely crucial to any kinds of business. You see a nice store opening up in your nearby mall, but it’s not opened yet. You go home, you google (yes, google is officially a word in the dictionary) it and you find their website! You then look through their items and you buy them online. It’s so widely used that you can make money from the internet, you can develop your business, your knowledge, your skills, all through the mass market which is the internet. All the while, the ‘Have Nots’ are still quite scared of this technology…
Okay, so why is there still the digital divide in 2009?
Humans tend to be more greedy than opportunistic; therefore the idea of spending a LOT of money to poverty stricken countries in Asia, Africa and South America isn’t the most favored idea. And also, the Have Not’s would only learn to ask for money from developed countries instead of learning how to get that money by yourself; as the old saying goes, give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, tech a man to fish and he will eat…forever. I’m not sure that’s right.
