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Non paywalled/mirror: https://outline.com/pCXq5J https://outline.com/pCXq5J Also anyone else find this article annoying to read? The poor do not see it that w

by natrik 7y ago

Non paywalled/mirror: https://outline.com/pCXq5J https://outline.com/pCXq5J Also anyone else find this article annoying to read? The poor do not see it that way. Years of fieldwork across the globe have led Ms Arora to conclude that when it comes to getting online, “play dominates work, and leisure overtakes labour.” Where people planning development strategies imagined, metaphorically at least, Blackberries providing new efficiencies and productivity, consumers wanted the chat, apps and games of the iPhone. Worthier uses tend to follow. But they are the cart not the horse.

gumby 7y ago
> Also anyone else find this article annoying to read? Annoying in what way?
- natrik 7y ago
  The writing is sometimes hard to parse, sentence structure etc.
  - gumby 7y ago
    I dunno looks pretty ordinary to me but I’ve been a continuous Economist reader for 35 years.
ehnto 7y ago
Surely that hasn't surprised these planners all that much? My first thought when I got a bicycle as a teenager wasn't "Gosh, I'm going to get to school so efficiently!" it was "Weee!"