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Plus, if you give them a $1000 laptop, they'll sell it, buy a cheap phone, and use the remainder to buy something that serves a more pressing need.
by Veen 6y ago
Plus, if you give them a $1000 laptop, they'll sell it, buy a cheap phone, and use the remainder to buy something that serves a more pressing need.
- kaladin_1 6y agoHahahaha, I like this response. High-end gadget is not their need. They have more pressing issues, like hunger, no water and even power.
- emteycz 6y agoThat means somebody bought it - presumably someone who doesn't have any other computing device and wasn't awarded one. Also, $1000 is way too much, I was thinking in terms of $150.
- reassembled 6y agoEverything old is new again https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child
- emteycz 6y agoIndeed. But look at the specs of that computer - any raspberry pi is way more powerful than this. That's the point - the technology today enables meaningful change, back then it was only a dream because the device was too expensive and underpowered