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I understood the point of the article... but damn, it made me respect the OLPC less, and confirmed my suspicions about NN. You see a village without power and
by ezy 17y ago
I understood the point of the article... but damn, it made me respect the OLPC less, and confirmed my suspicions about NN. You see a village without power and your first thought is to make a laptop --- yikes, maybe you can include some cake with that.
- whichdokta 17y agoLet me see if I have you right: Proposition: We do not have universal 'x' Proposition: 'y' depends on 'x' Conclusion: We should not work on 'y' until everyone has 'x' You, dear sir, fail.
- derefr 17y agoIf I see a village without power, it may very well have been a village with power, but had its power source stolen, or broken without ability to repair, or just destroyed out of spite. However, when I see a village without education, I know that this is a village that has not yet been touched by education. Education is viral; when you give real, useful information to people, it stays with them forever, and no one can take it away from them. Drilling a well, say, only helps those already-powerful who lay claim to the well. No one can lay claim to a mind.
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