# Technology Makes Participation Widely Accessible by Bryant McGill > “Technology steadily lowers barriers to entry. What once required a studio, a record label, or a publishing house can now be done with a phone and an internet connection. These shifts open opportunity to anyone willing to participate.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Livestream (Feb 2016)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Livestream|Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation|A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Livestream|Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Digital Democratization|Digital Democratization]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Technology steadily lowers barriers to entry. What once required a studio, a record label, or a publishing house can now be done with a phone and an internet connection. These shifts open opportunity to anyone willing to participate.” — Bryant McGill, Democratizing Leadership Through Disruption and Community - Livestream (Feb 2016) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-technology-widens-participation ```