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Can Tech Save Small Town America?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the nice-work-if-you-can-get-it dept.

theodp writes "Declaring that small town life no longer has to be separate from financial success thanks to technology, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos told North Dakota state officials to take hope in people such as Napster's Shawn Fanning. Interesting remarks, considering that Fanning conceived Napster in small-town Boston and the jobs Amazon's brought to rural areas don't exactly scream financial success."

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  1. Yeah but... by jcaldwel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where are you going to find knowledgeable development/admin,etc staff in an Amish village somewhere?

    1. Re:Yeah but... by petabyte · · Score: 2, Funny

      Where are you going to find knowledgeable development/admin,etc staff in an Amish village somewhere?

      Well, I think the real problem with and Amish SysAdmin is that its pretty hard to admin a machine without buttons ...

  2. Re:Small-town ISP's, call centers, etc. by BushCheney08 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What town did you grow up in?
    Wisconsin

    This must be an example of that high communication ability dada was referring to. : p

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    Be a real patriot: Question authority. Think for yourself. Formulate your own conclusions.
  3. Re:Bloomington, IN by winwar · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Especially Indianapolis and Bloomington."

    Of course neither is a small town. Unless you consider 69k for Bloomington small....

  4. Re:Cultural Capital Issues by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many small towns are going to put up with educated outsiders full of "Ideeers" coming in and changing things?

    Hopefully they'll ram a pitchfork through the city slicker who comes into town chock full of ignorant stereotypes.