One Laptop Per Child Moves One Step Further
Looks like the One Laptop Per Child project is moving ahead, with mass production underway. At first I thought this idea was fairly silly when considering that third-world countries have more pressing needs like sanitary water supplies and basic health care, not to mention democratic governments.
I then realized that “wealthy” countries reached their current status through an investment in education. Education is what provided our modern-day solutions for health and well-being, and it’s a prerequisite for change in poor nations. The OLPC sounds like a modern way to create an education infrastructure, instead of the old way (libraries, books, etc), in essence making it a education project, not just a laptop project.
Jeff :: Jul.23.2007 :: News 'n' Commentary :: No Comments »
