Barack Obama warned that technology is creating a more splintered world at\u00a0the annual Dreamforce conference by Salesforce.<\/p>\n
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The 44th president talked about how the internet has helped divide American politics and society, stating that technology is creating a more splintered world while fueling the disparities among the wealthy and the poor.<\/p>\n
In recent times, social-media and digital services have been accused of fueling polarization with algorithms that show people news and other content that match their preconceived thinking and viewpoints, this is why Obama declared the following\u00a0at Salesforce.com Inc.\u2019s annual Dreamforce conference<\/a> in San Francisco while talking with Salesforce co-Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff, according to Bloomberg reporting:<\/p>\n \u201cThe rise of extreme inequality both within nations and between nations that is being turbocharged by globalization and technology is one of the biggest risks for young people” (…) \u201cNew technologies have allowed us reach. We have a global market. I can project my voice and you can take your technology to new markets. It has also amplified inequalities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cPeople remark on the polarization of our politics and rightfully so (…) \u201cPeople rightfully see challenges like climate change and mass refugees and feel like things are spinning out of control. Behind that, what I see is a sense of anxiety, rootlessness and uncertainty in so many people. Some of that is fed by technology and there\u2019s an anger formed by those technologies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n