The democratization of technology allows anyone to be a creator, entrepreneur, or scientist

Learn, read, create.

Information used to be a luxury. It was scarce. A few centuries ago, most people couldn’t even read, and books were only available to the richest. Thankfully, this trend started shifting, but until before the internet, the amount of information the average Joe had access to was very limited.

Now, thanks to the widespread of the internet, almost anybody (at least in developed countries) has access to effectively infinite knowledge. For example, I’m writing this from the United States. Still, you might be reading it from Australia, India, or Germany (let me know!). There’s no delay either—no matter where you are, you can read this immediately after I publish it. If you had told someone you would be able to do this 200 years ago, you would have been seen as crazy.

This unlimited access to information means you can learn whatever you want. There are courses, books, videos, and other resources on any topic you can imagine. For example, I started learning how to code a few months ago. And I’m doing so online, for free. You can do the same, so take advantage and start diving into and learning a topic or skill you’re interested in. It will change your life.

Why do I want to learn to code, though? Well, as the title of this post says, technology also allows us to become entrepreneurs. It’s never been easier. This is why I’m learning this skill—so that I can start building stuff. I know you don’t need to know how to code to create a company, but it’s a great ability to have, nonetheless. I might end up starting a non-tech business, but knowing Python will help me at some point.

Becoming a creator is also much easier now, thanks to technology. If accessing information was already hard some decades ago, imagine how tough it was to be an artist. A few people in traditional media channels had full control over the information that reached the population, making it much harder to break through with one’s work. You needed a label, a publisher, or a newspaper to expose your ideas.

Now, anybody can create a Substack or X account and write about whatever they want. If you’re a musician, you can start uploading your tracks or covers to YouTube and other social media platforms. Any creative worker can do something similar. Art doesn't require permission anymore.

Isn’t that amazing? No more gatekeeping. To me, this is a perfect example of real democracy. The people can decide what they want to consume. If you create something that people like, you can be successful and earn a living out of that. If, on the other hand, your work doesn’t connect with anyone, you have to figure something else out.

I believe this democratization process will expand to all areas of our lives. New technologies, such as the blockchain, will play a vital role in the coming years. There will be backlash from traditional institutions that don’t like the idea of people having complete control over their own lives, even though they (poorly) try to convince us they do. However, I firmly believe they will fail—the democratizing power of technology is too strong. The same that has happened with information and art will happen with money and even residency. Decentralization is the way to go.

Visual Adapted from Conflux Network

If this topic sounds interesting to you, I strongly recommend you read The Network State by Balaji, Read Write Own by Chris Dixon, and The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by Marc Andreesen. These works have been enlightening for me, as they have helped me understand where technology can go in the future and how it can be used to make us freer.

The future is bright.

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