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It's interesting to think about OLPC as a precursor to many of the hype-driven internet phenomena that promise utopian gains. It's easy to see similarities in b
by ferdowsi 5y ago
It's interesting to think about OLPC as a precursor to many of the hype-driven internet phenomena that promise utopian gains. It's easy to see similarities in blockchain-mania, the evangelism machines around certain technologies and programming languages, etc...
- Spooky23 5y agoI never thought of it that way, but I did have a few friends who were very enthusiastic about OLPC, and most of them were very interested in Bitcoin. There’s a certain similarity in some of the ideas of libre software, self-improvement, etc.
- Gigachad 5y agoSolar roadways and "infinite solar power water bottles" comes to mind. Just absolute rubbish which manages to extract funds from government programs for them to research how to strap a dehumidifier to a bottle and find out it doesn't make any sense.
- leejoramo 5y agoI remember reading Negroponte’s column in Wired Magazine. In the early 1990’s. I thought much of it could be described as a “precursor to many of the hype-driven internet phenomena that promise utopian gains” In retrospect, a decent amount of his thoughts came true.