“When you hand over some technology, some money or any other aid to help someone, there is
an implicit assumption that the receiver has the knowledge about how to wisely use this
technology, money or aid for her betterment. If this wisdom is missing in the receiver, then the
aid is not only at the very least useless but potentially harmful” – Abhishek Prateek

Even Internet has the the power to eradicate poverty provided people know how to use it wisely for that purpose.

For example, here is how I am using "Facebook" to make people in this world "Wiser"!!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=100603493346950&id=878240596&notif_t=like

http://www.facebook.com/#!/abhishek.prateek/posts/160036534035418?notif_t=feed_comment


If you like my thoughts, please feel free to send me a friend request on Facebook. I regularly share my (somewhat wise) thougths with people via Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/abhishek.prateek


Cheers!
Abhishek

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Sam Kaufman <kaufmans@cs.washington.edu> wrote:
Thanks for this, Yaw. Kentaro's piece really was great. It reminds me
of Phil Agre's "Building an Internet Culture," which is here for any
interested:

http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9711/msg00026.html

Sam

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Many development experts promote information and communication
> technology (ICT) as a way to relieve global poverty. They should pay
> more attention to the human beings who use it." -- Kentaro Toyama
>
> kentaro has a great piece on technology and poverty at
> http://www.bostonreview.net/BR35.6/ndf_technology.php. make sure to
> read the responses from nicholas negroponte, nathan eagle, dean
> karlan, jenny aker, archon fung, christine zhenwei qiang, evgeny
> morozov and ignacio mas.
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