With the web now enjoying such a major half in most of our on a regular basis lives, it’s exhausting to think about residing with out it, and what you’d do should you now not had internet connectivity.
But, for billions of individuals around the globe, that continues to be a actuality, with web entry nonetheless restricted in lots of areas. And sure, that’s billions with a “b”, with estimates suggesting that 2.5 billion individuals nonetheless don’t have constant internet entry, which causes many disadvantages, and exacerbates regional divides.
And that’s solely going to turn into extra important in future, particularly if generative AI turns into the transformative power that many predict. That’ll imply that those that have internet entry could have important benefits over those who don’t, seeing the wealthy get richer, and poorer nations turn into worse off over time.
This visualization from Visible Capitalist gives an outline of the state of internet connection around the globe, and which areas have the bottom ranges of connectivity.
