Question

For your analysis of this module's material, think about the growing capabilities of technology to connect people and the potential opportunities and challenges of the increasing connectivity throughout the world. What is your outlook on the importance of the Internet, IoT (the Internet of Things) and other connectivity technology? Do you agree with Gilder's concept of the "Telecosm" (see module Overview)? In your discussion share an example of at least one benefit and one challenge (that weren't already covered in the module) of the continued development of global connectivity.

Answer 1

• For countless people all over the world, the Internet has opened a new world. There are many resources accessible here. It's a manifestation of never-ending innovation and imagination. It knows no limit, but it brings enormous economic opportunities for people in every region. The Internet enables individuals to increase the quality of their lives. It offers access to items that were previously unavailable. With nearly 3 million users, the Internet has emerged as one of the most powerful communication platforms.

In recent years, IoT has become one of the 21st century's most important inventions. Now that we can link everyday objects — kitchen appliances, vehicles, thermostats, baby monitors — to the internet via built-in devices, seamless communicating, processes, and stuff is possible.

Physical things can exchange and collect data with minimal human involvement through low cost computing, cloud, broad data, analytics and mobile technologies. Digital systems can capture, track and customise any interaction between connected objects in this hyperconnected world. The real world encounters and cooperates with the digital world.

• Owing to the increasingly significant role of the Internet as a networking tool, the United Nations has also recently suggested that access to the Internet should form part of human rights. The Internet has changed nearly every part of human life, not just private life, but also public services. For now, no one can keep people from revealing their private lives to the media. More couples and families also share pictures or videos of their family holidays in remote locations.

In the other hand, the Internet still helps the people to see what the government is doing. Now, all the people on the street know what's going on between the political parties and government leaders. It encourages a company to do what the rivals are doing and to start, and allows the audience to critique what the suppliers are selling. In other words , the internet has free access – nearly without restrictions.

Everybody's on the Internet. It forms a modern enterprise and public services network. It energises more people to create their own lives by benefiting from the wide-ranging opportunities. Right now, rather than network operators, more people are still the Internet users. In addition to its increasingly important functions, however, the internet becomes a widely open forum that can enhance people's quality of life. But to do so, a rule is required to ensure that everything is on the right track.

• Gilder 's study of the microcosm led to the discovery that the microprocessor controls the human, since he / she is the entity that quantum physics makes the collections of individuals organised and run from the centre more efficient and productive. However, Gilder does not lead us to believe that any work is carried out by isolated persons. His true message is that any intelligence is on the edge of the network ... That's the microcosmic miracle 's true promise.

That seems to be what Gilder believes. He turned his research to the network and led us into the telecosm after completing his work on the microcosm in the late 80s.

• For just a quarter of a century, the internet has linked the world, but it still affects so much of our day-to-day lives-from our way of shopping to our own fun. Over two-thirds – almost 5 billion – of the world's population now use mobile telephones. But how does the technology influence lives on a worldwide basis? We were never linked to this. We are looking here at just a handful of connectivity's social benefits.

CREATING NEW JOBS

The ICT sector is and will continue to be one of the largest types of employment in the World. Computer and IT jobs are projected to rise by 22% by 2020 in the United States alone, generating 758,800 additional jobs. However, the sector of ICT is not only increasing. A Deloitte study has shown that the overall growth of jobs due to connectivity has been 23 percent since 1992. Connectivity creates new jobs, but it also relieves us of stressful jobs and makes it possible to spend more on other areas. In the same report, farmworkers were reduced by 50% and nursing jobs increased by 909%.

OVERCOMING POVERTY

The projected internet users are 4.2 billion out of the world's 7.6 billion population. The worldwide web has revolutionised trade since its birth in 1989, but one of the greatest results of the web in developing countries is actually. Agriculture is around 40% of economic activity in low-income countries. In these fields, mobile and internet networks allow farmers to have access to useful information, including market prices, weather, disease control and animal tracking. The study in 2014 showed that Indian fishermen adopting this technology had 8 percent higher income and 4 percent lower market prices, which showed that communication knowledge benefits the community as a whole.

REVOLUTIONIZING THIRD WORLD HEALTHCARE

The large gaps in health care around the world were illustrated in a report by the Canadian organisation Doctors of the world, in 2007. For example , in the United States and Sweden, every three patients are typically accessible to one doctor. But every 1700 patients in India has a doctor and astonishingly 50,000 in Tanzania. In low-income countries, lower doctor-to - patient ratios are not the only problem. Another big concern is inaccessibility to health records, but connectivity is health care reform. In India it has never been easier for patients and doctors to connect because of the rapid growth of smartphone adoption. Smart phones also allow messages from health education to enter populations that would otherwise be excluded. A recent success storey is a Ghana health project in which automated weekly messages are sent to women who are pregnant. These messages provide information to foetal health and debunking pregnancy

BOOSTING AID RELIEF AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS

It is always necessary to communicate, but it is critical during a disaster. The question of how refugees should charge their phones is one of the big concerns for help relief now. Both cell networks were down when Haiti was devastatingly struck by the earthquake. It is difficult for rescue workers to assess where help is most required when communication is lost. However, technology has been built to allow mobile users to communicate directly, even if there is no network coverage – through a method known as mesh networking – in which a number of cell phones connect through an application in order to create their own local 'network' so that they can communicate without having to provide cell service.

• Global Connectivity looks at the development and evolution of large social networks with their own capacity to control priority and preparation.

  The interface between technology and social organisation offers a great opportunity to change sustainable development. But there is also a great risk of technology contributing to unsustainable practises.

  Three wide working areas are:

  1. Principles and experience of networked management

  2. Engagement and policy support for the Internet sector

  3. Share Network Age Leadership