tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12678903.post113858462355828833..comments2024-01-25T00:38:08.564-05:00Comments on The Zenformation Professional: ENDING INFORMATION POVERTY:MIT's Green Machine Earns Props from the ZenFo ProThe ZenFo Prohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05132805758799453850noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12678903.post-1138758072851494572006-01-31T20:41:00.000-05:002006-01-31T20:41:00.000-05:00Very good point. We live in a propaganda culture, ...Very good point. We live in a propaganda culture, ours being fed by capitalism and the quest for power. I think I get where you're coming from now...lol...long week already :)<BR/><BR/>I think that's where we come in - the West. We have to make sure this technology is for ALL people, not just those seeking to control the flow of information. Nepal is a prime example. The information ministry The ZenFo Prohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132805758799453850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12678903.post-1138673442953418972006-01-30T21:10:00.000-05:002006-01-30T21:10:00.000-05:00Good point, again. But it's worth the risk. For ev...Good point, again. But it's worth the risk. For every Rwandan state broadcaster, there's somebody with an equally powerful broadcasters, like Jean Dominique, Haiti's voice of insurrection against the Duvalier Regime.<BR/><BR/>Information is power, and with power comes great responsibility - and the ability to abuse that power. You're definitely right; technology is only as good as the people The ZenFo Prohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132805758799453850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12678903.post-1138666309566962102006-01-30T19:11:00.000-05:002006-01-30T19:11:00.000-05:00Nifty device if info isn't restricted or biased. B...Nifty device if info isn't restricted or biased. Big IFs.<BR/><BR/>Remember those Freeplay wind-up/solar radios? Brilliant idea. I have one in case of tornado. Though they were introduced two years after the Rwanda genocide, I wonder, if they had been around and widespread, would the broader access to"information" (the radio broadcasts to "kill the cockroaches") have incited even more people to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12678903.post-1138656965517484042006-01-30T16:36:00.000-05:002006-01-30T16:36:00.000-05:00VC:Good point. There are two big obstacles that mo...VC:<BR/>Good point. There are two big obstacles that most Digital Divide scholars (including myself) tend to find common ground:<BR/><BR/>1. Low-cost availablity of ICT.<BR/>2. Equitable access to ICT.<BR/><BR/>The MIT project is a step in the right direction, I think, towards availability. But addressing access issues - which encompass everything from internal state information infrastructure toThe ZenFo Prohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132805758799453850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12678903.post-1138654438453294202006-01-30T15:53:00.000-05:002006-01-30T15:53:00.000-05:00Despite the fact that I love my ipod....The above ...Despite the fact that I love my ipod....<BR/><BR/><BR/>The above is a great idea although I wish they would start soliciting money to actually go in and save darfur rather than providing a means for propaganda to be spread which is partyl what I see it as.Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465484210397122019noreply@blogger.com