One thing which occurs to me is that a lot of these people probably don't realise how the first world lives compared to them and that our lifestyle is largely dependant on their labour. There may be some interesting long term consequences if they manage to get internet connections running.
Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing.
The One Laptop Per Child program
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These people aren't completely cut off from the world. I don't have direct evidence to back this up, but it seems to me that many people in 3rd world countries view industrialized countries as rather opulent places. That's usually the portrayal in the news and stuff, anyways. I guess I can't say for sure if that's true, but it seems like a reasonable proposition, given that the prime export of the west to the 3rd world is media, all of which emphasizes our riches.Spyder wrote:One thing which occurs to me is that a lot of these people probably don't realise how the first world lives compared to them and that our lifestyle is largely dependant on their labour. There may be some interesting long term consequences if they manage to get internet connections running.
Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing.
I've been against the program for a while now, for a number of reasons, many already stated. This program is a solution that is waiting for it's problem to come. the money would be better spent industrializing their agraculture and then creating a manufacturing base with the labourers that are no longer needed in the fields.
Teaching basic literacy. Now in second world countries this may be a tool that could be used but it would hardly end poverty.
Teaching basic literacy. Now in second world countries this may be a tool that could be used but it would hardly end poverty.
May you live in interesting times.