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Eh, sincerity does not make a person right. Look into the eyes of any religious extremist for evidence of that. Gates thinks the internet won't save the world,
by wmeredith 13y ago
Eh, sincerity does not make a person right. Look into the eyes of any religious extremist for evidence of that. Gates thinks the internet won't save the world, but he's dead wrong. The internet, in it's current form, allows information to flow at will. And if there is any silver bullet for society's ills, it's certainly education. Teach a man to fish...
- throwawaykf02 13y agoSee my comments in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6668578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6668578 The situation for the people Gates is thinking of is very, very different from what we can even imagine.
- phaus 13y agoI actually don't find it hard at all to understand the situation they are in, and I suspect not many people do. That being said, I agree with Gates. There are far more important things than 100% global connectivity.
- rayiner 13y agoI strongly disagree. Our society is awash in information, and has been for decades now (the internet isn't exactly new, at least in the United States), yet life over the last 30-40 years has been pretty consistent. Arguably the automobile had a more fundamental impact on the structure of our society than has the internet. The idea that information and education are a silver bullet is a romantic idea that's rarely evaluated on its own merits, certainly not by people who make a living pushing bits of information around.