Access Is the Real Infrastructure
Before any opportunity can be realized, access has to exist. This issue examines what access actually means — and what it actually requires.
Opportunity Post Editorial Desk1 min readp.3
We use the word access frequently in the opportunity conversation. We use it sometimes to mean geographic proximity, sometimes credential availability, sometimes network inclusion. The word has become so broad as to risk losing its precision.
This issue is our attempt to restore some precision to the access question. What does it actually mean for a person to have access to a specific opportunity — a job, a training program, a loan, a professional network? What are the mechanisms that create access? And what are the structural features of systems that consistently deny it?