Digital Divide

Those who have a personal computer and have access to a computer in general have more access to the rest if the world when compared to those who do not have access to both a computer or internet. Those who have access have the chance to grow and expand their mentality because they are more informed and aware about the rest of the world, when compared to those who don’t have that privilege to access these tools. These tools are very important to the growth of one and their knowledge, without these tools it is difficult for one to educate themselves about current events/ information. We should care about digital divide because every community needs to grow and be up to date with technological advances because that is how we can ensure that everyone is connected. It is bad that low-income communities are not yet up to date with technology because they are not providing their citizens with the best resources to advance and provide growth to that community and themselves. A good way to close the digital divide in the USA is by having tech companies make technological advances such as air blimps or wifi providing towers that reach out to those communities so that they can a least receive wifi. The second, step is to get young people access to computers by either providing schools with them or letting libraries checking them out to the public so that they can be connected to the rest of the world. I feel that by accomplishing all of these steps we can grow our outreach here in the USA, and it will be a good investment for the future of our country because we are providing necessary tools to those who need them still. In conclusion, low income communities need to be accessible and they need access to the rest of the world so that we can all be connected and grow as a big collective community.