[LINK] One Laptop per Child Doesn't Change the World

[Adam Todd]

At 10:23 AM 10/12/2007, Jan Whitaker wrote:

>and water, you need food and water, not communications/education. 
>BUT if the basic need is fulfilled enough to allow you to move to 
>the next level, education can exponentially increase your ability to 
>get more food and water, then more education, then health and 
>medicine, etc. Education is a powerful enabler.

Yes I suppose if you are in the middle of a desert with a laptop, 
water and food, a four day walk from the nearest local store that 
sells, well, water and food, you can exponentially increase your 
prosperity - the store might give you a job and pay you some money so 
you can spend it - at the store!