Digital divide gets deeper

First World tech: Gianni Vitora, 11, playing Pokmon Go in New York. His normality is very different from that of children living in war-torn countries where violence and bloodshed rather than digital games are the daily norm. — Reuters

AMONG the many alluring promises of modern technology is the claim – repeated often enough – that it can bring the world closer together and create a new globalised world where human beings can feel and see themselves as members of the same family.

There is some truth to this claim, and it cannot be denied that the modern communicative architecture that we see today has indeed brought individuals and communities closer together in more ways than one.