my concern for the program is that we are dumping technology that coupld be used very dangerously if there is no one there to provide guidance and regulation. Lets put 2 points together... first, parts of africa are breeding grounds and safe havens for people who purportrate fraud by internet, seccondly throwing wifi enabled laptops to children living near those areas is asking them to make trouble... do you see the financial train wreak we could be getting ourselves into?
this whole one laptop per child idea came from the Technology Entertainment and Design convention last year where the rich and powerful "grant a wish" of a fellow T.E.D fatcat. i know that they have noble and good intentions with their wish, but if i had a i wish, i would wish that people wouldnt just do something because they can and let this innappropriate idea die untill better conditions prevail.
i also slam the OLPC program as naive. any others who see the danger of this program please organize and make our voices heard. please reply.
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my concern for the program is that we are dumping technology that coupld be used very dangerously if there is no one there to provide guidance and regulation. Lets put 2 points together... first, parts of africa are breeding grounds and safe havens for people who purportrate fraud by internet, seccondly throwing wifi enabled laptops to children living near those areas is asking them to make trouble... do you see the financial train wreak we could be getting ourselves into? this whole one laptop per child idea came from the Technology Entertainment and Design convention last year where the rich and powerful "grant a wish" of a fellow T.E.D fatcat. i know that they have noble and good intentions with their wish, but if i had a i wish, i would wish that people wouldnt just do something because they can and let this innappropriate idea die untill better conditions prevail. i also slam the OLPC program as naive. any others who see the danger of this program please organize and make our voices heard. please reply.