One Laptop Per Child is a cynical scam from certain parts of the IT industry that want to promote desktop Linux and create a market for themselves.
Boy, isn't this the truth. Wealth is a substance that can be measured and distributed, sure. But wealth is never created, nor sustained in countries that do not uphold the liberty of its individual citizens.
Wealth=technology, but prosperity is the creation, maintainence, and distribution of wealth in society.
I think the idea behind OLPC is that once you educate, those now literate and skilled people will reform their countries from within: Establish a rule of law that allows prosperity to develop. It's a long road and one that may not fully work.
It would have brought porn to Africa at least.
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