I learned early in my aviation studies that remote areas like islands and mountain communities will go from third world to first world countries as soon as the internet is brought in. This is because the lack of roads require a level of technology that requires air transport. And, aviation brings with it highly technological systems.

That said, your post inspired the thought that the next step will be artificial intelligence. Once this becomes prevalent in the business world, technological advancement will be much more appropriately selective. The question will then become one of how humans treat humans and less of resource scarcity.