"...one of the least technologically advanced country in Eastern Europe, with a paltry internet speed ranking of 41..." It's not about the "tone" or feeling "o

"...one of the least technologically advanced country in Eastern Europe, with a paltry internet speed ranking of 41..." It's not about the "tone" or feeling "offended". It's simply uninformed. For starters, internet speed ranking is only loosely correlated with overall technological advancement - speaking in the context of developed countries, among which these differences tend to be fairly subtle already. For what it's worth, the same source the author refers to (Akamai) puts Poland ahead of France (by 17%) and Italy (by 37%) in terms of average internet connection speed. https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/our-thinking/state-of-the-internet-report/state-of-the-internet-connectivity-visualization.jsp https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/our-thinking/state-of-the... - is this supposed to indicate France is less technologically advanced? http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20171013091006271 http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2017101... The World Economic Forum's Networked Readiness Index (which "measures the propensity for countries to exploit the opportunities offered by ICT") places Poland at 7th out of 20 Eastern European countries. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR2016/WEF_GITR_Chapter1.1_2016.pdf http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR2016/WEF_GITR_Chapter1.1_20... Also note that the growth rate of R&D expenditure in Poland is among the highest in Europe (Europe in general, not just whatever gets passed off as "Eastern"). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Average_annual_growth_rate_of_R%26D_expenditure_in_business_enterprises,_2005-2014_(1)(2)_update.PNG http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/... The problem is not the tone, the problem is ignorance - it doesn't matter if they'd sugarcoat it or not.