>...he market is going to win out
Ahem. Have you read a newspaper recently?
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That said, I agree that putting together an ultra cheap Linux machine and selling it in the U.S. and Europe would, in a few years, have created a market for thousands or millions of used machines as consumers upgraded or moved on to more sophisticated machines, which could have been systematically purchased Mr. Negroponte and his ilk, and shipped to 3rd world countries.
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This would have saved nobody's ego. Not Negreponte. Not the 3rd world countries who might be too proud to purchase hand-me-downs. Too bad for them.
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It WOULD, however, have accomplished the goal of getting usable laptops to 3rd world children.
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And just a note "Dirty Hippie Ass" is no different from any other racist or religious insult. Should I refer to your "Dirty Conservative Christian Ass?"
So what's the reality? And from whose point of view?
Look, things like Chi are just models - a way of describing subjective phenomenon, just as electricity used to be described as a kind of liquid (voltage = pressure, amps = quantity).
Like the "liquid" theory of electricity, chi theory isn't perfect. It's not going to tell you about endorphins or detect small tumors. It is, however, useful (to a degree) if you learn the model, just like the "liquid" theory of electricity.
Will it be supplanted by scientific medicine? Sure. Eventually.
But here's the thing. Scientific medicine (e.g. prostaglandin manipulation with aspirin) doesn't do squat for someone who doesn't know what a "prostaglandin" is, or who's never heard of aspirin. From that viewpoint (i.e. most of the poorer 3rd world population, this sort of medicine is as magic, and useless) as the author's description of homeopathy.
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I'm sorry, but I have to run from the dinosaurs now. Pesky things.
>...he market is going to win out Ahem. Have you read a newspaper recently? -- That said, I agree that putting together an ultra cheap Linux machine and selling it in the U.S. and Europe would, in a few years, have created a market for thousands or millions of used machines as consumers upgraded or moved on to more sophisticated machines, which could have been systematically purchased Mr. Negroponte and his ilk, and shipped to 3rd world countries. -- This would have saved nobody's ego. Not Negreponte. Not the 3rd world countries who might be too proud to purchase hand-me-downs. Too bad for them. -- It WOULD, however, have accomplished the goal of getting usable laptops to 3rd world children. -- And just a note "Dirty Hippie Ass" is no different from any other racist or religious insult. Should I refer to your "Dirty Conservative Christian Ass?"
So what's the reality? And from whose point of view? Look, things like Chi are just models - a way of describing subjective phenomenon, just as electricity used to be described as a kind of liquid (voltage = pressure, amps = quantity). Like the "liquid" theory of electricity, chi theory isn't perfect. It's not going to tell you about endorphins or detect small tumors. It is, however, useful (to a degree) if you learn the model, just like the "liquid" theory of electricity. Will it be supplanted by scientific medicine? Sure. Eventually. But here's the thing. Scientific medicine (e.g. prostaglandin manipulation with aspirin) doesn't do squat for someone who doesn't know what a "prostaglandin" is, or who's never heard of aspirin. From that viewpoint (i.e. most of the poorer 3rd world population, this sort of medicine is as magic, and useless) as the author's description of homeopathy.
Sorry. It's just getting compulsive.