iew existing information technologies during the dark ages of Europe. At that point, only clergy and aristocracy could read and write, and thus controlled a vast population of farmers, herders, sailors, merchants, and general tradespeople.
             This is not a unique model of social organization and can easily be compared to many cultures around the world in which economics is the modus operandi for social stratification. For instance, in Mexico some studies indicate that 94% of the nation's wealth is controlled by 7% of the population. It isn't difficult to see who controls whom. Of course, this is a grossly simplified description of a cultural setting driven by economics. However, when we compare technological skills and availability of technology, and compare individuals who prosper, economically and intellectually, in this type of cultural setting against those people who do not, it is clear that the former influence, even control, the latter. Controls might also include the withholding of the technological skills to become computer literate,
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