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The main take-away from this piece is that applying the wisdom of developed world tech to developing world tech doesn't work. This seems to be a special case of
by seizethecheese 10y ago
The main take-away from this piece is that applying the wisdom of developed world tech to developing world tech doesn't work. This seems to be a special case of the mistake that always seems to happen when dealing with the developing world. That is, applying our models to their problems, instead of understanding the problems from the bottom up (which just so happens to be the solution Aaron proposes.)
Thanks Aaron for writing this, it is a boon to society when people share their hard earned wisdom.
- akharris 10y agoI hadn't even thought about it from the perspective of how the developed world relates to the developing across other problem spaces. That's a great way to think about it.
- eru 10y agoThere's an interesting case to be made that we should look at when the rich countries used to be as poor as the developing world is today for inspiration of what can work. Obviously, that's harder to apply to modern technology; but perhaps useful for governance issues.