Communication Breakdown

Jan 01, 2009 article

Categories: Education, Information and Communication Technology

Iqbal Quadir and Nicholas Negroponte of One Laptop per Child debate the merits of their respective technology-based approaches to development in this interview with Good Magazine.

with Iqbal Quadir and Nicholas Negroponte

If we assume that technology will help bring the benefits of the modern world to developing societies, we can also assume that the resources to bring a full complement of that technology to poor countries probably don't exist. Both laptops and cell phones have proven to have dramatic effects on populations. Which poses more of a benefit? Read more at GOOD >>

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