Even more crucial has been the enormous drop in the cost of transmitting information, which reduces barriers to entry. As computing power has become cheaper and computers have shrunk to the size of smart phones and other portable devices, the decentralizing effects have been dramatic.
更重要的是传递信息的成本的大幅减小，这降低了进入壁垒。随着计算能力变得更便宜，而计算机体积也缩小到智能手机和其他便携设备大小，分散效应变得极其显著。即使与几十年前相比，信息力的分布也大大地扩展了。