| Nowadays, the internet is all pervasive with | | | | productively as they could have should their |
| virtually any country in the face of the | | | | schools or homes have the Internet. Thus, |
| earth being connected to the World Wide Web. | | | | these countries initially have an educational |
| As one can understand being connected does | | | | disadvantage which in the long run means the |
| not solve all the problems. Yet here one | | | | whole country poor economic growth (Perelman, |
| should remember that the amount of internet | | | | 37).This situation indeed is essentially |
| users and the availability of internet | | | | different from the past instance of |
| technology is what matters in the future | | | | technological inequalities as it has been the |
| development of the Hi tech industry in the | | | | case with the electricity and combustion |
| given country (Stephenson, 91). The first | | | | engine of the past. With the industrial |
| world countries of the USA, Japan and Western | | | | revolution the European countries received |
| Europe have computers everywhere and a great | | | | the increase in productivity when electricity |
| opportunity to be involved in the development | | | | and gasoline if applied to machines or |
| of technology.Speaking about developed | | | | lighting allowed the factories employ fewer |
| countries I would like to note that 100% of | | | | workers while receiving the same |
| businesses in the USA and Japan have | | | | productivity. The good lighting allowed these |
| computers at the work place, while this | | | | factories run around the clock, thus |
| number is 98% in Western Europe (Perelman, | | | | utilizing all 24 hour day for productive work |
| 34). The amount of computers at home is also | | | | that is impossible in the underdeveloped |
| relatively high with the figures of 45%, 60%, | | | | countries. Yet still, much of the thinking |
| and 20% for the USA, Japan and Europe | | | | and analytical work during the electricity |
| correspondingly (Perelman, 34). | | | | and gasoline time had to be done by |
| | | | men.Therefore, the underdeveloped countries |
| The Less developed countries of Eastern | | | | in the past, I assume could compete with |
| Europe and Asia although have computers at | | | | number of people employed and still receive |
| work and home yet show much smaller results | | | | large total output even with lower |
| (60% and 10% correspondingly).As for the | | | | productivity. For instance the Soviet Union |
| Underdeveloped countries I would like to note | | | | although technologically developed, still had |
| that the computerization of such countries is | | | | a very inefficient agricultural sector. Yet, |
| extremely low. Less than 10% of businesses | | | | that country deployed a great number of |
| and 1% of homes have computers in the | | | | workers and large fields and still managed to |
| underdeveloped countries, with the absolute | | | | receive large total output despite miniscule |
| absence of one's own technology or productive | | | | yield per worker. With the advent of the |
| capacity (Perelman, 36).Speaking about the | | | | internet, the communication, technological |
| implications of such digital divide I would | | | | development and idea inter-exchange, let |
| like to note that it does matter in the long | | | | alone trade, entertainment takes place around |
| run whether a country produces computer or | | | | the world 24 hours a day. Many of the |
| potato chips and whether it uses computers or | | | | contracts are singed by the click of the |
| calculators at the work place.The | | | | mouse, while the world e-commerce totals for |
| under-computerization of the under-developed | | | | more than 4 billion annually. Even if the |
| countries does not positively impact their | | | | underdeveloped countries manage to present a |
| future economic development. The first world | | | | good product to the market, without the |
| countries that are Technology intensive, yet | | | | information technology and internet, they |
| have expensive labor, utilize the computer | | | | would have a hard time searching for clients |
| and information technology to minimize costs | | | | or distributors, thus increasing their costs |
| and related expenses. By doing so, they | | | | to the point of unattractiveness of their |
| managed to reduce the overhead and make their | | | | product (Stephenson, 93).In conclusion I |
| goods very competitive on the global arena. | | | | would like to say that the digital divide as |
| The underdeveloped countries that are | | | | a matter of fact, is a serious problem of the |
| low-tech yet rather labor intensive have | | | | third world countries and of those who want |
| cheap labor as their sole advantage that | | | | to help these countries monetarily with hopes |
| allows them to compete for the place under | | | | to boost their productivity and economy. |
| the sun with the first world countries. With | | | | Without the sufficient internet access that |
| the advent of the new information technology, | | | | in turn allows to increase the education |
| these countries are no longer able to | | | | efficiency, work productivity and minimize |
| compete, because the first world countries | | | | costs, these underdeveloped countries are |
| currently start to drastically minimize costs | | | | doomed to seclusion from the world largest |
| and compete with the third world countries | | | | economies and will experience negative growth |
| (Stephenson, 90).Such difference in the | | | | of their economies.Holly Odom is a freelance |
| technological divide that currently exists in | | | | writer working for - on line Custom Writing |
| the world makes the richer countries even | | | | Research company. She specializes in Social |
| richer while the poor countries even poorer. | | | | sciences, Arts, History and English |
| The children are not able to learn as | | | | literature. |