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what about the thugs?what about the thugs?Posted May 30, 2006 8:46 UTC (Tue) by MathFox (guest, #6104)In reply to: what about the thugs? by filteredperception Parent article: OLPC hardware details posted
The OLPC project as I see it is ment for countries where government is stable enough to have a working school system, people grow sufficient food, etc. The 90% of the third world that is not in the newspapers.
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what about the thugs? Posted May 30, 2006 9:09 UTC (Tue) by irios (guest, #19838) [Link] You're right. I sadly don't see the government in Congo delivering millions of computers among it's scholars just yet; AK47s seem tragically more likely; but there are many countries where the concept would work, like China, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Senegal, Morocco, Cabo Verde, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina, Brazil ... even Cuba if you-know-who stops buggering them. And why not higher-income countries such as Spain, France, Germany, Italy or the USA itself!
OLPC: A big hurdle in the race to the bottom. Posted May 31, 2006 2:27 UTC (Wed) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322) [Link] > And why not higher-income countries such as Spain, France,> Germany, Italy or the USA itself! Exactly. Conditions in the poorer neighbourhoods of some 'higher-income' countries are not very different from everyday conditions in the 'middle-income' countries you list. We've all been running the same 'race to the bottom' in recent decades -- and wealthy countries which have gutted their welfare systems have long overtaken the Taiwans and are rapidly gaining on the Brazils. Anyone can benefit from decent educational infrastructure. I think this project can help. (Oh and by the way: thugs are people too!)
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