Does the complexity and expense of technologies likt: the Internet increase or diminish the prospects for greater social eqiiality? While innovators like Steve Wozniak imagined the [nternet as...

Does the complexity and expense of technologies likt: the Internet increase or diminish the prospects for greater social eqiiality? While innovators like Steve Wozniak imagined the [nternet as democratic, ocher figures-like Steve Jobs and Bi.11 Gates-were able to use the technology to increase centralization and erode the net's early openness. Is there something about the Internet that lends itself to centralized control regardless of the goals of the people involved? Do all technologies ultimately strengthen those already in power?