Greek Heresy

In the Introduction and first chapter of the book Greek Heresy, by Kentaro Toyama, the author focuses his efforts in explaining and asking us questions about technology and the power that it has in our society and social changes over the years. Toyama finds specially interesting how technology has been able to change our lives and how we are capable to, nowadays, reach the world by a simple click using our fingertips. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same power in terms of technology. Demographics, the place you have been born and raised, is key in terms of power and reach. Opportunity, as the author of this book perfectly describes, is not equal and fair to everyone; therefore, talent is not always shown fairly because the conditions are not always the same for everyone around the globe.
The point that Kentaro Toyama brought about demographics was specially interesting for me as an international student. Overall, also considering that West Europe and the U.S are pretty similar in terms of conditions and opportunities, I personally see a big difference in opportunities among countries in terms of technology and the privilege some people have compared with others. 

To be completely honest, what I have to say about a specific political topic in the U.S is not going to be taken into consideration as equal as what a person from Uganda, just mentioning a random country and with no intention to harm anyone, has to say about that same topic. People simply won't see it as equal points of view. And, opportunity to reach out your perspective to others is a key concept in this situation. In this specific case, I would have a big advantage in terms of reaching other people, more technological access and advantages, and in terms of demographic privilege. All goes together. Toyama tries to explain to us, using the topic of technology, the differences between countries and demographics, and the outcome of those differences. As one of the sentence of the book said "Talent is universal, opportunity is not." It is time to realize this difference and, with the power some of us have in comparison to others in terms of technology, use our power to try to minimize this situation and give everyone and equal opportunity to talk and express themselves with the using of social media and technology in general.