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Topic 5.1Digital Society HL12 flashcards

Global well-being

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Why neutral technology widens gaps

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Why neutral technology widens gaps

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Converting a tool into money, work or study takes time, skills and contacts — exactly what the group with less lacks.

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The three inequality levers

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Give access, build the ability to convert, change what the technology rewards.

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Why the access lever is weakest

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It is the one that can be counted and reported, and it leaves the conversion problem untouched.

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The Paper 3 answer shape

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Recommend, justify, state what it does not reach, conclude. The limits card separates the bands.

5.1.24 cards

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Ageing against moving populations

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Ageing needs care delivered with fewer people; moving needs identity, money and language across borders.

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The digital health catch

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The group with the highest need has the lowest device ownership and least confidence — so the service is aimed at the least equipped.

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What a moving population needs

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Identity that survives a border, cheap transfers home, multiple languages, and no assumption of a fixed address.

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Making an alternative route enforceable

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Publish waiting times for the digital and non-digital routes side by side — a number rather than a promise.

5.1.34 cards

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The four responses to automation

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Retrain, redistribute, reduce hours, redesign what gets automated.

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The three conditions retraining needs

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Nearby work, time to train, and an income while training.

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Why bargaining power falls first

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A worker whose tasks could be automated negotiates against that possibility whether or not it happens — employment figures miss it.

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Helping people against helping a place

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Relocation support helps individuals and lets a region keep declining; they are different objectives.

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