The Great Equalizer

Imagine having a very important message that you want the entire world to know about as soon as possible. Imagine that you are responsible for bringing this piece of information to the world. Now imagine you must do it without technology. That tasks seems daunting and nearly insurmountable without technology. This is why I love technology. A specific aspect of technology that I would like to express an opinion about is the internet. To me, the internet is wonderful. Everyone, regardless of age, skin color, wealth, etc, has the vast information available one the internet available to them as well as the ability to speak their mind so that anyone is able to hear their voice. In this sense, the internet is a great equalizer, in that it gives all people a voice. In Neil Postman's talk he discusses five ideas about technological change. One idea that he presented is that the mass printing of the bible undermined the authority of the church hierarchy, I believe that technology today also gives more power to the people to voice their opinions and have a voice in society.