Digital Infrastructure

Will Allow Us To Compete

With Big Tech

The New York Times recently (Dec. 15, 2018) ran a disturbing article entitled “The Hard Truths of Trying to ‘Save’ the Rural Economy.”
The article documents what anyone living in Otsego County knows all too well: the increasing economic and cultural gap between affluent urban centers and poor rural areas like ours.
Rural areas have an ageing, shrinking, under-skilled population, with dwindling prospects for ‘good’ jobs.
According to the Times writer, Eduardo Porter, this is largely because the new, “tech-heavy” economy can flourish only in
big cities where a plethora of
companies can draw on a larger, better educated population
skilled in digital techniques and applications. Some of which make plenty of use of electronic components that you could discover at places similar to Gumstix to further develop smartphone technology an infrastructure. The internet and the changing of technology doesn't seem to be going anywhere any time soon, so we might as well use as many things to our advantage. From sites such as beincrypto that talk about Cryptocurrency, to the creation of the internet, Apple products and the computer itself, these are just some things that we all have to be thankful for, especially if it has made an impact in your life in anyway.
The cheap labor that rural America once supplied to industry is now found in China, and the new American urban digital economy has little need for unskilled workers.
“Factory jobs,” Porter tells us, “can no longer keep small-town America afloat."