UN Secretary-General Asks for Help

knownsense writes "News.com.com is carrying a feature by Kofi Annan talking of the digital divide. He says, "But bridging the digital divide is not going to be easy. Too often, state monopolies charge exorbitant prices for the use of bandwidth." and of bringing WiFi to the developing world. This at a time when places like Panama ban cheaper means of communication and places like India instead of combating absolute illiteracy and hunger, run out to make PDAs. Is the digital divide a purely western concept?"

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too late

[Anonymous Coward]

It's now the destiny of the world to degenerate significantly for some period of time.

Barbarism growing in the world, the same old barbarism of centuries past, just wearing new pants.

the world will learn a few lessons after much suffering and things will improve for a little while until the cycle repeats.

High levels of bloody mindedness in just about every sector imaginable, in every nation. Something is gonna give sooner or later, count on it.