Is technology at fault for growing social inequities?

January 24th, 2007 | Category: Marketing, Web 2.0

Wow! If there isn’t a more pointed question that I, a techno-junkie, can ask. According to a recent article in the economist:

The distinctions between technology and globalisation count, if only because people tend to welcome computers but condemn foreigners (whether as competitors or immigrants). That makes technology easier to defend.

The article goes on to say how automation and technology are increasingly dividing the upper and lower classes, as you have more and more blue and white collar jobs being gobbled up into technology until you are left with the guy who develops the system, the guy who runs the system, and the guy who profits from the system. Powerful reading for anyone in the tech industry.