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I met a number of people involved in OLPC and every single one of them was an insufferably smug tool with a massive white-savior complex. Kids in Africa didn't

I met a number of people involved in OLPC and every single one of them was an insufferably smug tool with a massive white-savior complex. Kids in Africa didn't need a hand-crankable laptop. They needed clean water to survive infancy, light to be able to study by, and to not be captured and turned into soldiers.

sambazi 3y ago
> light to be able to study by this was the point of olpc?
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>every single one of them was an insufferably smug tool with a massive white-savior complex. Silicon Valley nailed it.[1] These tech people thinking they're "saving Africa" with crankable laptops are just like the former Crypto pundits you'd see roaming around here in the comments preaching how crypto will save Africa from poverty. [1] https://youtu.be/ETi_UpG8D_k?si=2EgVaMer-_bFOg2M https://youtu.be/ETi_UpG8D_k?si=2EgVaMer-_bFOg2M