Increasing computer access in Africa is completely different to increased access for rural American veterans. Needs different infrastructure
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"everyone deserves X" always requires a follow-up conversation about which groups without X get it first.
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This and more thoughts inspired by
@aparrish 's awesome talk Programming Is Forgetting http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/programming-forgetting-new-hacker-ethic/ … - highly recommend.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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The fuck up of Facebook's free internet program in India shows what happens when you don't have these conversations.
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Also. Access to computers vs Quality of Life is NOT a straight upwards line. Having access to internet without antivirus could be a net losspic.twitter.com/sDV6kXQWMr
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Access to e.g. only Breitbart is not a clear improvement over access to no online news. Internet monopoly is arguably worse than no internet
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So when we say "everyone deserves computer access", ask not only who gets first, but what do they get first.
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Part of FB's Free Basics internet assumed access to some websites (commercial partners) was better than no access.
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Indian rejection of the scheme shows this is not always true. Slogan "Everyone deserves computer access" hides a lot of important questions.
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I gave a sick talk about this at work today and maybe I'll turn it into a conference talk if there's a suitable home for it.
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Do a TED talk. Be that guy. You'd be a good that guy.
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