You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it’s not only a great tool for democratization, but it’s a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.

Fiorina frames technology as an equalizing force: by lowering barriers to entry (cost, access to information, distribution), it enables wider participation in education, markets, and public life—“anybody to play.” She extends the claim beyond economics to social justice, arguing that digital tools can shift evaluation from identity-based gatekeeping toward demonstrable performance, thereby weakening prejudice and strengthening meritocratic selection. The quote reflects a common late-20th/early-21st-century techno-optimist view associated with business and policy leaders: innovation can democratize opportunity. At the same time, the argument implicitly depends on equitable access and fair institutional use of technology; without those, technology can also reproduce or amplify existing inequalities.