crush refers to a huge issue that Katz overlooks, the "digital divide". This includs a number of social and educational issues that must be looked at before any hardware or software is bought and distributed. We cannot make the mistake of just throwing money at this problem.
Many times a lower-middle class person has no idea what a computer is capable of. Us techies are genenerally ignorant of this fact. The educational issue includes getting the technocrats to try to understand what it is like living day to day just for survival.
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crush refers to a huge issue that Katz overlooks, the "digital divide". This includs a number of social and educational issues that must be looked at before any hardware or software is bought and distributed. We cannot make the mistake of just throwing money at this problem.
Many times a lower-middle class person has no idea what a computer is capable of. Us techies are genenerally ignorant of this fact. The educational issue includes getting the technocrats to try to understand what it is like living day to day just for survival.