60% of the world's population is offline
Knowing that 60% of people worldwide is offline, blows my mind considering how consumed society is with the internet and social media. I think this is a positive for a society due to those people living life as we all should instead of through a screen.
Only 31% of people in developing economies have access
I think that in developing countries this is a start to a new beginning of becoming a advanced country and I feel that as time goes on these developing countries will evolve rapidly.
22% Apple Computing
With Apple being a huge computing company, I am surprised by how low their profit is within the company. This company has many areas where they benefit from profit and I feel that their profit percentage could be higher
The good news is that academics, librarians, and even the government are pushing for more open access to academic material.
I think this is a positive affect, due to it benefiting students by allowing them to more sources in helping the understanding of certain materials academically.
There is a value placed on academic information (both monetary and societal value). And in academia especially, only a privileged few have access to certain types of scholarly writings.
I think there is value in academic information whether it is monetary or societal because it impacts individuals as a whole as of how we learn at a certain level.
My high school prepared me for college-level research (example: citing sources, plagiarism, finding & evaluating so
Due to taking AP classes as well as dual credit in high school, it benefited me tremendously in college because of the knowledge I gained from those classes as well as how to write a paper at college level.