having success with the goals that they set for 2015, they deemed it necessary to attempt to
continue their success in aiding with the betterment of underdeveloped countries. Technology is
rapidly changing throughout the world every day. Whether it is a new cell phone being released
somewhere, or the less fortunate using the internet for the first time. No matter where a person
lives, technology has an impact in some way. One of the goals that the UN is putting forth is,
“build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster
innovation”(17 UN). Infrastructure, innovation, and industrialization are all backbones …show more content…
For anyone to be successful, they tend to have had a successful education in the past.
Whether it was a high school diploma or a college degree, an education allows someone to
specialize in a field and put their expertise towards making their country successful. Through the
new technologies that are advancing daily, education can be provided to the poorer countries
putting them on the right path hopefully to success. Bill Gates stated, “Students in rural
communities have access to more educational resources than ever, thanks to teachers empowered
by tablet devices”(Gates, Bill and Melinda 21). With teachers in less fortunate countries having
the technologies that other countries have, they can now start to model their education after the
successful. Students now receiving a prominent education, they will be able to start moving
forward to higher levels of education. Hopefully, one day being able to hold a job which could
aid in the start of industrialization. Not only the technology will have to be innovative, but the
“ways to deliver it”(Gates 24) will have to be also. This is where collaboration between …show more content…
The internet can have a major impact on how
people’s lives are lived. Also, it can be an outlet for someone in need giving them a voice that
they never have had before. “Through those connections, Movements.org provides opportunities
to ease the suffering and amplify the voices of people who stand up to, or try to escape, the
world’s most oppressive regimes”(Crowdsourcing). Through organizations like the one above,
poorer people are now able to be heard. They have an outlet that can hopefully help them escape
the horrors that they endure everyday. Without the internet this would not be possible. There
would be no avenue of connection, which in the end may possibly help save a life. In the last
year alone major advances have been made; “nearly 10,000 connections between people
requesting assistance and those offering it”(Crowdsourcing). Those 10,000 people would never
have had a voice if it was for the advancement in technology and collaboration between groups
of people. They most likely would still be in a land where, they are no better than the dirt