<a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/198">http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/198</a><br><br>... <br><br>looks like Africa is way better already for computers...<br>..if we went there with ours, we'd likely do alot of damage holding them back. if their cultures are already so deeply into things like fractals, then i suspect their computers they'd develope themselves would be quite unique and in many regards, superior. methinks we should see the OLPC scheme like the old defunct method of aid of giving them a fish rather than a fishing rod.... or rather, show them the skills to make a rod, or give the resources, whichever is missing. and in this case, it's perhaps the resources. but where is the external involvement reaching a harmonious alignment with the developmental ethics?<br>
[/rambled thoughts]<br><br>anyways, cool video huh? :)<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The Universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice. The language is not Narn, or Human, or Centauri, or Gaim or Minbari. It speaks in the language of hope; It speaks in the language of trust; It speaks in the language of strength, and the language of compassion. It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul. But always, it is the same voice. It is the voice of our ancestors, speaking through us, And the voice of our inheritors, waiting to be born. It is the small, still voice that says: We are one. No matter the blood; skin; world; star; We are one. No matter the pain; darkness; loss; fear; We are one. Here, gathered together in common cause. we agree to recognise this singular truth, and this singular rule: That we must be kind to one another, because each voice enriches us and ennobles us, and each voice lost diminishes us. We are the voice of the Universe, the soul of creation, the fire that will light the way to a better future. We are one.