Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post

Supple Cow · 11-20-2008, 04:04 PM

Wow, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there are so many skeptics around here. Still, wow. I guess I might also find more negative things about it if my first or only exposure to the idea was Pogue's article. He's such a... pogue. (Word play!) It's kind of sad how this thread is yet another example of how some people like to come down on solutions for not being perfect but rarely, if ever, have any solutions of their own to offer up against the world's ills. But maybe I'm reading too much cynicism in the posts here. I just think that there are so many great ideas out there, so many ways to make change, and also so many ways in which people suffer on this planet that to rank one thing above another is less important than recognizing and showing support for the good ideas and taking part when you can. Particularly when it's made so easy. (1-click ordering... COME ON!)

Anyway, maybe it's just harder to hate on an idea when you actually see the person who thought of it talking passionately on the subject. Here's a little more background and why I was excited about it before it was easily accessible to millions of people:

Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child | Video on TED.com

Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, two years on | Video on TED.com

I remember watching these TED talks and thinking (a) I wish there was a way for people like me and my family to make more of this happen by sponsoring some of these laptops and (b) they sound so brilliant and unlike the stifling education kids in the U.S. currently get that I wish I could also buy them for the kids in my life. And then I stumble across the Amazon page as I am updating my wishlist for the holiday season this afternoon and I see that ALL MY WISHES HAVE COME TRUE.

11-20-2008, 04:04 PM	#17 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	Wow, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there are so many skeptics around here. Still, wow. I guess I might also find more negative things about it if my first or only exposure to the idea was Pogue's article. He's such a... pogue. (Word play!) It's kind of sad how this thread is yet another example of how some people like to come down on solutions for not being perfect but rarely, if ever, have any solutions of their own to offer up against the world's ills. But maybe I'm reading too much cynicism in the posts here. I just think that there are so many great ideas out there, so many ways to make change, and also so many ways in which people suffer on this planet that to rank one thing above another is less important than recognizing and showing support for the good ideas and taking part when you can. Particularly when it's made so easy. (1-click ordering... COME ON!) Anyway, maybe it's just harder to hate on an idea when you actually see the person who thought of it talking passionately on the subject. Here's a little more background and why I was excited about it before it was easily accessible to millions of people: Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child \| Video on TED.com Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, two years on \| Video on TED.com I remember watching these TED talks and thinking (a) I wish there was a way for people like me and my family to make more of this happen by sponsoring some of these laptops and (b) they sound so brilliant and unlike the stifling education kids in the U.S. currently get that I wish I could also buy them for the kids in my life. And then I stumble across the Amazon page as I am updating my wishlist for the holiday season this afternoon and I see that ALL MY WISHES HAVE COME TRUE. __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)