In the early stage of the information revolution, it was fashionable to argue that new technologies would eliminate distance. People could do creative

In the early stage of the information revolution, it was fashionable to argue that new technologies would eliminate distance. People could do creative work in rural Colorado and communicate their ideas anywhere on earth with the flick of a finger. I think that effect is true to a limited extent. People could do creative work in countries such as Vietnam, India, Thailand and communicate their ideas to anywhere on Earth; The equalisation of Geography didn't apply between rural vs urban. It applied between developed and developing countries. I can speculate several reasons why, but without deep enough research or sources I'll leave them as an exercise for the reader. (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bsder https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bsder is an interesting comment)