Are We Just Going to Leave Everyone Else Behind?

 Are we just going to leave everyone else behind?

How does one decide between cutting Internet services, or food?

Being offline today is a technological suicide mission. If a person falls behind financially, technology may be among the first cuts people are forced to make. Recent reports of several school districts in California that are having approximately 10% of their students missing or unaccounted for during a typical school day during October during the Pandemic.

It is a disturbing trend. Social workers and school officials are scouring the area to locate children missing from classes only to find find some homes shattered and in disarray with many families struggling to provide basic needs let alone internet services.

Food and shelter make email and wireless internet services mute in comparison. Many families do not have a choice. If someone falls behind financially, and therefore technologically, isn't that a modern day death sentence?

How can a person ever get back on their feet without technology today?

Are we just going to leave everyone else behind?

Does the person with the new garbage can notice the old can without the lid?

A symbol of the times. There is a big difference in view points if you have a new can with a lid as opposed to the average old lidless can. What does this mean about cybersecurity and technology?

If you can't afford to rent an apartment (offline) you are probably not going to get a new 5G smartphone or transact any business online. How can you even file for a new job or even file for unemployment? 

Just call then. It is very hard to make a call without a basic cellphone today.

Which can do you want?

How can a person ever recover from a financial disaster? At $10 an hour it will take several weeks of work just to make the average rent in most areas today, let alone come up with the deposit required. 

What about everything else? 

With the average new smartphone costing well over an average compensation from a week of work, when can anyone ever get technologically back up to speed? 

How can you even call anyone without a cell phone today?

A picture tells a thousand words. Without a smartphone you can't take a picture and if you don't have a cell phone you can't even make a call.

Without a cell phone it is next to impossible to live the American Dream today. A smartphone is a luxury many of us take for granted. With technological advances continuing at a dizzying pace the  technological foundations, education, instant connectivity and messaging are a new necessity. 

Basic technology and cybersecurity fundamentals must be applied at an earlier and earlier age so as not to leave anyone behind. If tomorrows applicant is todays student that is unable to get online and falls behind educationally and socially, he or she will no doubt fall behind technologically and therefore may fall behind financially in the future as well.

If you can't upload a resume or CV, how can you ever get hired?

Basic computing and communication skills today are not what they were 60 years ago. 

No one needed a good cybersecurity policy with a black and white tv. 

Now you need at least a smartphone and a smart tv.

Now is the time for cybersecurity and technological awareness so no man woman or child is left behind. 

Unless anyone plans on reverting back to a black and white tv and no social media, or email, or...

Dominic Alvieri, @AlvieriD

Analyst, Researcher and Tracker.