While chatting with someone, he mentioned a surprising piece of news from the local community. A bit annoyed, he remarked that he hadn't heard about it and it was too late to get involved. Trying to calm him down, I told him the information had been distributed by email and was available to anyone interested. However, that didn't appease him: "I don't have a computer!" was his reply.
Perhaps that's why humankind conceived and implemented the idea of the newspaper, eventually leading to the daily daily (as its name suggests). It's a way to keep the public informed about local, national, and world events.
This system works well, but it requires one condition (among others): that one buys the newspaper. That is, on one hand there are those who don't want the information and receive it anyway, just as when walking down the street (something so simple and natural) one is bombarded by hundreds of pieces of information, often "undesirable"; and on the other hand there are those who want the information, want to participate in what's happening, and don't get it.
Clearly, we have a problem. Years ago, the way to find out about things was to go to the synagogue. That was the center of Jewish life, where all sorts of matters circulated, from Torah study to news of the most daring business deals available. But it works just like a newspaper: you have to go…
It is essential, for the well-being of any community, to create spaces for each type of person within the community itself, where everyone knows that information is available in their space, clearly and on time.
The extreme would be to buy a computer for each member and teach them how to use it, but perhaps it is enough to, from time to time, ring a person's doorbell and say "Shalom!"«