The more successful your community is at using information and communications technology (ICT) to build its economy, the more you need to think about those who are not online. I wrote in my last post that we don't always know who they really are – but the odds are good that they are largely people at the economic or social margins, whether due to poverty, lack of education, age, disability or other factors.
Why, aside from common humanity, does success breed a need for digital inclusion? Because when ICT is the route to success, it can actually deepen economic and social exclusion, which breeds social ills that cost everyone else a lot of money for criminal justice, social services and health care.
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Author: Robert Bell
