Sociology / Unit 10 Soc 1693 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Technology Will Naturally Equalize Global Opportunity"
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The idea
Believing diffusion alone flattens global opportunity mistakes tech spread for equal access, when Soc 1691's diffusion itself clusters around already-advantaged regions.
In practice
A "flattened world" argument citing global internet growth overlooks that opportunity still concentrates where infrastructure and capital were established first.
Where people slip
The claim is not that diffusion never helps peripheral regions, but that it alone does not erase core regions' head start.
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