The range of technology available to people is increasing the gap between the rich and the poor. Others think it has an opposite effect. Discuss both views and give your opinions.

Technology

has become an indispensable part of human life and continues to develop at a fast pace and has transformed many facets of life. Some, though, believe that sections of the population have not benefited from these advances so claim that technological development actually contributes to

income

inequality. I side with those who feel that the growth of

technology

has narrowed the gap between the rich and poor but primarily in the developing

world

. In developed countries, quite the opposite may be true. On the one hand, it could be argued that the growth of

technology

is contributing

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has contributed

to an ever-increasing gap in the

income

of people. A wide variety of

technology

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technologies

is

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are

accessible to those living in the developed

world

, where

technology

has come a long way in the past few decades. People there learn to use computer technologies at an early age, which gives them an opportunity to create products or services that are used by the masses. Those who do so often make billions from the creation of a social media website.

Moreover

, it is said that the availability of

technology

is not equally distributed, which puts some groups of people at an advantage. Take my

country

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country, for

for example

: Children studying in city schools have computers in the classroom while those studying in rural parts of my country have not even seen a computer in their life.

This

results

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result

in children children

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in children

in children's children

in children's children's children

who grow up in cities

generally become

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has generally become

generally becomes

is generally becoming

computer-literate and are more likely to land jobs that are

more highly

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most highly

paid in the future, which leads to a discrepancy in

income

.

On the other hand

, I believe there are arguments to suggest that

technology

is, in fact, narrowing the gap between the rich and poor. People living in the developing

world

have always found it hard to have access to education, but with the advent of the internet and smartphones, they are now able to get

education

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an education

from massive open courses online.

This

can be seen in the increase in the number of freelancers in most African countries. These people are now bettering their lives thanks to

technology

and the internet.

Furthermore

,

technology

is being used in agriculture more extensively, which helps farmers have a bigger harvest.

Instead

of ploughing the lands using mules or human effort, now they are using

technology

to speed up the process.

Similarly

, the use of drip

technology

for irrigation is particularly useful in places where there is a water shortage. These advances reduce the farmers’ costs, so they are no longer limited to mere subsistence farming. They are for the

first

time able to generate profits and compete in the global marketplace,

thus

achieving upward mobility. To sum up,

although

technology

in the developed

world

is helping a few people become considerably more affluent than others, the vast number of people in the developing

world

is benefiting from the growth of

technology

in a number of ways.

Therefore

, on balance, I believe that

technology

is reducing

income

inequality.