Forecasting Our Future
“When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software,” recalls Gates. “We had dreams about the impact it could have. We talked about a computer on every desk and in every home. It’s been amazing to see so much of that dream become a reality and touch so many lives. I never imagined what an incredible and important company would spring from those original ideas.” (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3357701/Bill-Gatess-dream-A-computer-in-every-home.html)
Nowadays people can't imagine a place without internet and a home without some sort of computer. However many people in this world still don't have access to the internet. "The Global South" are predominately third world countries that don't have proper structures to acquire internet. India is also considered a global south, however they use smart phones to connect to the internet. The structure of the country makes it easier to obtain wireless rather than analog computer systems.
Our world has become "smaller" due to the internet. Connections can happen across the oceans. This has expanded our knowledge, way of thinking and communicating, as well as creating more global competition. I wonder and am kinda afraid of what will happen when Bill Gates' dream is realized and when everyone has a computer in their house. It will irreversibly change global society forever.