Undoubtedly, third world countries need sanitation, food and shelter but no one has claimed that the laptop will fix all of their woes. Let us not be so critical and see the bigger picture for what it is. Laptops will help educate another set of peoples. This will give them empowerment to help solve their glaringly obvious problems. Education is the key, not welfare.
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james @ Oct 27th 2006 2:35PM
Undoubtedly, third world countries need sanitation, food and shelter but no one has claimed that the laptop will fix all of their woes. Let us not be so critical and see the bigger picture for what it is. Laptops will help educate another set of peoples. This will give them empowerment to help solve their glaringly obvious problems. Education is the key, not welfare.