Dear All,
I have been following the various thoughts and presentations of projects
from all over the world. There are many good things happening. Tom
Abele's was most interesting for me. This is my slant:
Every group would be defending their own schemes as the best fit model.
This is what we might already be aware of:
There would be many groups offering something in knowledge networks;
they would compete; the weak would fail; the fittest would survive. The
"fittest" would be the programs that met peoples' needs. This is the
reality of virtuality; as we have seen in the contraction of the dot.com
market in the advanced economies, so would it be in the developing and
transition economies. This is because the poor pay for all they have and
access - health, education, water, electricity, ... It is the rich that
get subsidized most. The poor walk several miles to make a phonecall,
which they pay for (no privilege of calling from the office); the poor
do not have health insurance from their employers or state; some have to
bribe their way to the nurse, and more for specialist clinics;
Therefore, they would choose wisely. The small and the big groups
offering knowledge products and services would be subjected to the same
scrutiny and product assessment - ideas would triumph over size. And the
majority, with their pennies, would be evaluating all connectivity
programs, not some who think this is their birthright. All that needs to
happen is the education of the poor so that they would make their own
choices but we could be consoled by the fact that with or without formal
education, the poor may still make wise choices; as an example, they
take very little from earth and leave very little residue (pollutants).
Thanks.
John Afele
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