Long ago, I saw this TED talk as a Long Now talk. I still find it inspirational. The big take-away for me is that a for-profit company can make a lot of money

Long ago, I saw this TED talk as a Long Now talk. I still find it inspirational. The big take-away for me is that a for-profit company can make a lot of money by helping even extremely poor people become less poor. https://www.ted.com/talks/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_po... http://longnow.org/seminars/02008/may/21/technology-empowers-the-poorest/ http://longnow.org/seminars/02008/may/21/technology-empowers...