# How the Internet and Software Can Equalize Access to Tools and Knowledge

DevFeed: [How the Internet and Software Can Equalize Access to Tools and Knowledge](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-are-equality-35364.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/society/we-are-equality/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2015-07-30T04:33:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [digital](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [digital](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that internet services, software, open-source tools, and online platforms give people with vastly different wealth and status access to many of the same communication, learning, publishing, fundraising, and computing resources. It presents technology as an unprecedented equalizing force while acknowledging that equality does not extend to many physical aspects of life.

## Source excerpt

Equality in the digital realm: Where technology levels the playing field.