The authors of The New Digital Age make an emphasis that everyone in the future will be "connected". Although everyone wont be financially equal, they will have the same opportunities to learn as everyone else. The authors feel like the impact will be most profound in developing countries. This makes sense to me. The ability to access information is vital for a civilization. The most important resource that anyone can have is intelligence. If developing countries become connected with the developed world, they will have access to information that will help them transition into a developed country themselves.
The authors also think technology will help already developed countries. Using technology will become a huge part in things such as streamlining business activities and creating new products that are unfathomable to even think of today. I think the idea of having a mental chip installed in us, while somewhat terrifying, is also kind of cool. It would be nice to have an internal backup system that made sure you're doing everything right.
In general, Schmidt and Cohen love the advancements that technology is making. They have strong supporting cases too. I personally believe that the world is moving too fast, and people are having technology take over every aspect of their lives far too hastily. Although I admit, technology opens doors of opportunity that would have never been opened otherwise, but I also see that there is a potential to do great harm if certain technology ever fell into the wrong hands
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