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I definitely believe the "dr" part. The article is just describing an economic ecosystem that is in play today. It reads like someone's attempt to wrap his he
by crusso 15y ago
I definitely believe the "dr" part.
The article is just describing an economic ecosystem that is in play today. It reads like someone's attempt to wrap his head around something new and different that needs to be understood.
If this economy is as large and successful as it's claimed to be, then we should be making an effort to understand it as well.
You'd need to be pretty heartless to decry it on face value when it does something so basic in our modern world as provide electrical power for people who have been denied it by their current economic system or government for one reason or another.
If you have a reason to counter the facts in the story, by all means speak up.
- stcredzero 15y agoYou'd need to be pretty heartless to decry it on face value when it does something so basic in our modern world as provide electrical power for people Have you ever been at a large campground with widespread portable generator use? There are >definite< externalities. I would take steps to further lubricate commerce. Technology that can leapfrog the build-out of infrastructure like roads is one possibility.
- crusso 15y agoI don't understand your point. No one is lubricating commerce for these people. Their current government and economic system is failing them miserably. What they've done to better the lives of themselves and those around them, they've done for themselves in spite of their current government and its forced economics. These people aren't trading in drugs or slaves. They're doing something quite remarkable and how they're doing it should be studied.
- stcredzero 15y agoNo one is lubricating commerce for these people. Their current government and economic system is failing them miserably. Yes, so imagine if we came in with technical solutions that leapfrog their failed government? For example, there's a program to replace mail service with small parcel delivery by quadcopter drone. No roads during the rainy season? No problem!