That cellphones article is excellent - I've long been behind the push to roll out cellphones instead of the much-vaunted One Laptop Per Child, because you tend to find these efficiencies all over the place. Damn technological determinism.
although it doesn't always have the desired 'development' effect. A friend here studied cell phone uptake in the Philipines and found that mostly they were used to arrange romantic affairs and dates
That cellphones article is excellent - I've long been behind the push to roll out cellphones instead of the much-vaunted One Laptop Per Child, because you tend to find these efficiencies all over the place. Damn technological determinism.
although it doesn't always have the desired 'development' effect. A friend here studied cell phone uptake in the Philipines and found that mostly they were used to arrange romantic affairs and dates