Sunday, December 14, 2003

Jaron Lanier: global teenager problem The only way to respond to this is through technology. It’s the only conceivable way to educate and involve several billion people, right away. There’s no time to build enough new schools, or train enough new teachers. We have to imagine somehow inviting all these people online, imagine propagating some sort of cheap wireless devices that create widespread high-quality access to needed information and collaboration across the entire developing world, imagine accelerating the process whereby kids in the Third World can become jaded to propaganda and open to new frontiers in their own lives—become educated, and capable of creating real work for themselves, and able to solve their communities’ problems with collective wisdom. I don’t know of any plans to do this, but every happy scenario I can imagine has something like this in it. If I were in charge, it would be my first priority. Source 9:23:54 PM  permalink

BOTG: Saddam Captured Kevin writes at Boots on the Ground: This is some really good news. Saddam has finally been captured. This is an enormous blow for the terrorists in Iraq and the Fedayeen who like to chant "Long live Saddam" on the news to show off. Source 7:06:38 AM  permalink

Good Job! Saddam Hussein captured. 7:01:18 AM  permalink