<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for sharing DD and an apt point Nuno.</div><div><br></div><div>The larger point the article raises is particularly frustrating. The Internet or any other kind of ICT is and should be a panacea for the world's problems. As I see it, inequality is largely a consequence of circumstance, power, insecurity, and greed. It's unfair to think that the Internet will suddenly cure individuals of malintent or instantly give a user the ability to thwart the host of conditions that contributes to perpetuated inequality or adverse economic conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>The title is ultimately clickbait because at the end, the author puts the onus on where it should be: with those responsible for capacity building, education, and governance -- particularly with economic governance.</div><div><br></div><div>I highly recommend checking out <a href="http://toomuchonline.org/">http://toomuchonline.org/</a> and subscribing to their monthly newsletter if income inequality specifically is an issue you are concerned about. I understand this forum is not necessarily the space to discuss this, but it's difficult to stay optimistic about development knowing that so much wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few -- and continues to intensify every day.<br></div><div> </div><div>Any comments are greatly encouraged,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">-Michael</font><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">__________________</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Michael J. Oghia<br>Istanbul, Turkey</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">2015 ISOC IGF Ambassador</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.bateconsult.com/category/tck-chat/" target="_blank">#TCKchat</a></font> co-host, 1st session</font></div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Skype: mikeoghia</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></font> <b>|</b> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Nuno Garcia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ngarcia@ngarcia.net" target="_blank">ngarcia@ngarcia.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi DeeDee, good pointer!</div><div><br></div>I sense a lot of misuse of good information here.<div><br></div><div>Surely these guys are joking, as much in the same manner, we can all say (and possibly, more accurately) "Celebrating the new year increases inequality".</div><div><br></div><div>Is really the Internet to blame? </div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Nuno Garcia (Portugal)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 25 January 2016 at 17:47, DeeDee Halleck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deedeehalleck@gmail.com" target="_blank">deedeehalleck@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3055498/fast-feed/the-internet-is-increasing-inequality-says-the-world-bank" target="_blank">http://www.fastcompany.com/3055498/fast-feed/the-internet-is-increasing-inequality-says-the-world-bank</a><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>xx</div><div>dd</div><span><font color="#888888">-- <br><div><div><a href="http://www.deepdishwavesofchange.org" target="_blank">http://www.deepdishwavesofchange.org</a></div></div>
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