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lil · 3081 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Internet is Not the Answer review: Andrew Keen unplugs the web
- If the internet is not the answer, can it be changed to become a better answer? If not, is there a better answer?
Question: What is the biggest threat to world peace and stability and human happiness?
Answer: Inequality
Question: Can the internet and greater technology bring greater equality.
Apparently technology alone does not level any playing field.
That was the point of a talk I went to recently by Kentaro Toyama. Kentaro has a book called Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Culture of Technology. He argues that getting everyone online will not eliminate inequalities. I'm sure there's counter-arguments, and these are still early days, but he's done some interesting research about how and when technology helps and who it helps.