#RA-2014Read AloudCore & AcademicMedium
Exponential Growth
Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds
The exponential growth of the internet was heralded, in the 1990s, as revolutionizing the production and dissemination of information. Some people saw the internet as a means of democratizing access to knowledge. For people concerned with African development, it seemed to offer the possibility of leap frogging over the technology gap that separates Africa from advanced industrialized countries.
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