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"Addressing it as a common need and making sure that everyone can accesses it is not inherently unreasonable." There are public libraries in nearly every city
by paulhauggis 14y ago
"Addressing it as a common need and making sure that everyone can accesses it is not inherently unreasonable."
There are public libraries in nearly every city with free Internet access.
- Natsu 14y agoWhich illustrates how much easier things get when one focuses on the pragmatics of the situation. One can then focus on whatever areas are under-served and how best to deal with that.
- 46Bit 14y agoWhere you often struggle to get enough time to do anything - even if you're willing to trust the machines to not be compromised. There's a fantastic article from a librarian on the topic of helping people to use library computers and the problems users have, although a quick hunt doesn't seem to turn it up - anyone?
- tree_of_item 14y agohttp://www.metafilter.com/112698/California-Dreamin#4183210 http://www.metafilter.com/112698/California-Dreamin#4183210
- 46Bit 14y agoThanks, this is exactly what I was thinking of. Anyone care to explain the downvote this had received?
- Joakal 14y agoFree Internet Access with privacy?
- kiiski 14y agoWhich will still be there for those who need them. And remember that Finland is geographically quite large country with a lot of small towns and villages[1]. Not everyone is close to a library. Not to mention that the weather in winter will definitely discourage people, especially the elder, from walking to one. [1]: Here's a list of the 20 largest municipalities: http://www.stat.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_vaesto.html#suurimmat http://www.stat.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_vaesto.html#suurimmat. The smallest of those has population of 48 907. About half of Finland's population is spread around municipalities smaller than that.