In 2019, if you don't know how to operate a computer you are ill-prepared for the job market. Why is it then that members of certain demographics don't know how to use them? 'The Digital Divide' I would argue has lowered since the 90's when the having of a personal computers rising from ~23% to 62% in ten years( 1993-2003). The numbers have stagnated since then, we still only have 75% of households with computers. If computers are a necessary skill for the work place we need to tighten down this gap. I think that public schools make valiant efforts in minimizing this gap. I learned how to type in middle school. I also learned basic coding principles and how to use Microsoft office. I think we could mitigate a lot of this problems with offering free classes at local libraries.
The issue with our society is we believe ion pulling your self up by the bootstraps so it's hard to get funding for these types of program. I think that free education would truly provide us an innovative society and would mitigate this factor. I don't think it's something we will see in our lifetime but something we strive for. Free access to libraries and better resources is the best we can do with what we have.
"Free education" is not free. It costs money. It would be very nice to have "free education" for technology, but there is a lot that has to go into that. It is not very practical unless taxes are raised, which then presents a whole other problem.
ReplyDeleteI think that the greater people’s with the technology divide is that people who don’t understand technology aren’t willing to learn. Therefore I don’t think that others should have to pay for something others do not want.
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