p On 16/Mar/17 11:07, Joe Willrich Lutalo wrote: > > Thanks for contributing to the debate positively, but I would not > advise us to steer the ship in that direction - leadership for the > sake of serving corporations. That's the ill eating at such giants as > the US. You can be loyal to your bosses, and still be ethical. > > Definitely, money rules the world, but, as some clever minds have > noted, it's possible for those acting purely from positions of greed, > such as the die-hard capitalist, to still benefit their society while > doing so. In the past, such ideas would be considered slaves of the > Christian Ethic, but in this day and age, the lessons humanity has > gained from exploring Game Theory - which is indifferent to creed, > give credible support to this as well. > > Like the Ouroboros, those exhausting the ecosystem of vitality and > resources can continue to do so, apparently unscathed and without > anyone bold enough to point a finger, but the laws of nature - > especially the possibility we live in a closed system, will eventually > cause them to bite their own tail. This, again, is independent of any > ideological bias.
I have to be honest, I'm not quite sure I understood all of what you said :-). But I get your gist. All I am saying is that the reasons for the state of the current Internet in Uganda are structural. There has to be policy (and compliance incentive, to that policy) for any change to occur. I know of some new projects that are starting up in Uganda, in the telecommunications space, that are not going to do anything for the country other than to get another "me too" added to the status quo. Competition, one would argue, would help fix these irregularities. But the environment is not one that fosters this in a healthy way. And the areas that require most competition are the ones with the fewest actors. Mark.
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