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That's exactly the point. The satellite TV is cost-effective, high-value entertainment. The iPhone is a supercomputer that offers information and vastly improve
by massysett 10y ago
That's exactly the point. The satellite TV is cost-effective, high-value entertainment. The iPhone is a supercomputer that offers information and vastly improved communication with family and friends. Yet outsiders who think they know better somehow believe that people are dumb to prefer an iPhone rather than moving out of the shanty. Maybe the iPhone is a better marginal buy than a better house.
- SturgeonsLaw 10y agoThat's right, and it reminds me of the people who scorn the homeless for owning a laptop or smartphone. The opportunities that are unlocked by being connected to the world's digital backbone are far more significant than the benefits one would get from moving into slightly nicer accommodation.
- internaut 10y agoGoing from the specific to the general. Are you denying that particular people or even groups of them could have failure modes? It seems like a reasonable proposition to me that humans have developed strengths and weaknesses.
- skybrian 10y agoAgree except it's unlikely to be an iPhone. Probably a cheap Chinese Android phone. Similarly they will have a TV but likely a cheap model, nothing too fancy.