[dundee] Taylug Weekly Articles 8 - POMS

[Tim Spencer]

this was written at around 2 o'clock but my internetz had just died and the
router is in my flatmates room and so i was unable to reset it

On 06/02/2008, Tim Spencer <samurai.mit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> thank you robert,
> what i was refering to with the new points is that gary defends the points
> made about the weakness of his idea but never developes arguments for his
> idea e.g. the reason why money should be spent on teachers not on projects
> like the OLPC is that X(insert argumnet here). and not the one that laptops
> cannot replace teachers cause that is just a statement not an argument.
>
> The main thing is that the OLPC is working. What i mean by this is that
> there are dozens of ways out there how humaniterian organisations appoch us
> to give them money so that they can akt against 'bad' things is the world
> (refering to starvation/gonocide etc pick n chosse there are so many) and i
> dont know how many people in this mailinglist give money to any kind of
> thiese project but a lot of people were prepared to give money straigth up
> to the OLPC. Gary u will see that there is a project out there which is
> trying to establish these same principles u were talking about (employing
> teachers) because they too think its the solution to africas (or the
> continent of choice) problems (and if not u are welcome to create one) but
> that people are not prepared to give money - these laptops are a good idea
> not just for what they can establish (education) but also that it works as
> in that people donate them.(and quite a few of them)
> i think here it is time to thank the people who have donated again for
> they have done something (walked the walk not just talk the talk)
> thank u
>
> as to finishing this argument i dont know, my idea is that we all have our
> opinions and that through discussion we can find the truth (just some Theory
> of knowledge stuff i had to do once)
> tim
>
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