Kunda Dixit

Kunda Dixit contends in the following viewpoint that for the most part the Internet will intensify social inequities because only those who can afford to buy computers and pay for Internet service—usually people from Western countries—will be able to use it. In consequence, he maintains that the Internet will spread Western culture and languages at the expense of non-Western societies, which will destroy cultural diversity worldwide. Dixit also argues that the Internet exacerbates global environmental problems such as the loss of biodiversity because it encourages the consumption of the Earth’s finite resources. Kunda Dixit is a journalist from Nepal.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Dixit, what is the “Silicon Plateau”?
2. What is “cultural evaporation,” according to...