Motivation
Fairly soon, virtually everyone will have a screen and an
Internet connection. In that world, argues futurist Marina
Gorbis, the big divide will be "the motivational divide" -
who has the self-motivation, grit and persistence to take
advantage of all the free or cheap online tools to create,
collaborate and learn.
The quote below is about political knowledge but the
same could be said about any are of knowledge
under conditions of enhanced consumer choice, the knowledge
gap between more and less motivated citizen widens. In short,
when it comes to the richness of political knowledge, the
rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer"
So it's not a difference is access but a difference
in motivation ! The first quote is from Thomas Friedman.
Here is a post from a
guy who read that post but is wondering about the
motivation of his students when they have every thing they
need.
The idea is that the motivational divide" replaces the
digital divide !. It not the rich who will enhierit the
world but the motivated .