From Real ID to electronic wallets the economic landscape is changing and for the most part even those of us who are somewhat technologically savvy are having some trouble keeping up. Everything costs money and if you don't even have the basics like secure computer access or a smart phone you will quickly find yourself buried beneath an insurmountable avalanche of despairing insignificance. What we don't want to do is alienate our citizenry from essential and necessary life sustaining functions, by requiring new technology without having easy and simple access.
Capitalism can get us so far but not all the way which is why governmental programs to bridge the gap for the poor are so necessary. No one wants to live their life in poverty since we only have a finite amount of days to live. So making life even harder on the poor because we don't keep them at a foundational level able to access essential priorities is cruel. Nearly half our American population hovers around the poverty level so expecting them to pay at minimum hundreds for a reliable computer and thousands for a smart phone is mush worse than foresightful, it is negligent. Leaving the many without the tools and information to use the tools and expecting them to keep up is as callous an approach only the worst of us would employ.
It has always been my desire for our societies to evolve to smarter and more efficient opportunities to pursue our happiness but not at the expense of those who are not able to keep up. Each of us must make our own effort but we have to have the ability to even try. Which now is becoming harder because some in power are not leaders but takers. The idea that we can just leave souls without the ability to engage in our societies is beyond human and should never be allowed to progress. The time will come when even more of us are left behind the technological advancement and it becomes the divide that too many will never bridge. It isn't the expansion of technology that is ruining us it is the ones in charge who put their interests above the interests of humanity.
This blog will be an advocate for compassion, curiosity and human survival. When these elements of human nature are being denied, wholly, severally or individually, less than positive human traits are the outcome. It is my wish and hope that my reasonings on a variety of subjects will provide the readers of this blog with personal and public insights. My only motive is to provide a forum for advancing enlightenment. Carl Clark.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
(#5933) We are leaving behind too many with our technology requirements
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