OLPC / XO
We’ve had our OLPC through the G1G1 program for long enough that I find myself entitled to an opinion. It’s not positive at all. We got ours mostly as a fun coffee table ornament, but also out of a sincere hope that it could have value for the developing world and that we could contribute [...]
Dave Eggers — What is the What
I’ve had a really hard time understanding the Sudan conflict, and I don’t think it’s due to a lack of effort on my part. Media coverage is sporadic and often betrays biases and the issues themselves are muddled by too many groups with too many competing interests. Reading a linear narrative of one Lost Boy’s [...]
William Easterly — The White Man’s Burden
Lately, there have been a lot of fancy summits and conferences on AIDS, poverty, globalization, global warming… but it seems like most of those areas are in the midst of crisis rather than in recovery. The summits, the lofty goals, the thousand page manuals don’t make people richer and healthier in and of themselves. For [...]
