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title: "Leveling The Playing Field: Democratization of Technology"
description: "Leveling The Playing Field: The Democratization of Technology offers thought provoking insight into our past, present and future."
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# [Leveling The Playing Field: Democratization of Technology](https://www.turnerpr.com/spin-kitchen/leveling-the-playing-field-the-democratization-of-technology)

 Written by [Tyler Wilcox](https://www.turnerpr.com/spin-kitchen/author/tyler-wilcox) | September 26, 2016

From the printing press Johannes Gutenberg invented in the 15 th century to a straight-out-of-sci-fi 3D printer that can construct a pretty decent electric guitar, technological advances have the power to transform the world in hugely significant ways – for both good and bad. That’s the overarching topic Rod Scher tackles in ***[Leveling The Playing Field: The Democratization of Technology](https://www.amazon.com/Leveling-Playing-Field-Democratization-Technology-ebook/dp/B01IG0IX5E/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=)***, his fascinating new book.

The book is about “technologies that ‘trickle down’ to the rest of us,” Scher writes in the introduction. “These technologies – from books to computers to 3D printing – have become part of a common toolkit, one accessible to almost anyone, or at least to many more than had heretofore had access.” If that sounds dry, don’t worry – Scher is a great storyteller, with a gift for weaving in offbeat stories amidst the more detailed passages.

There’s also plenty of breezy humor, making the book’s pages fly by, whether he’s discussing the early hunter-gatherer days of human existence or the proliferation of drone technology in the 21 st century. For anyone interested in how technology shapes our lives for good or ill – and that should probably be everyone living today – *Leveling The Playing Field* offers thought provoking insight into our past, present and future.

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