Clear, compelling @studio_d_rad dispatch from MMR's internet revolution in-progress: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/the-facebook-loving-farmers-of-myanmar/424812/ … (not about FB, despite hed)
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'I wonder if this makes Negroponte happy. His OLPC dream was never fully realized but one smartphone-per-human has most certainly arrived.'
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'no incumbent electric giant monopolizing rural areas to fight against solar … no expectations about how a computer should work' (
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(Though I'd note that the image of Myanmar as a blank slate or opportunity for a do-over gives me the willies.)
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(And if Facebook is dominating Myanmar by levering network effects, why does Zuckerberg /need/ the humanitarian laminate of
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@justinpickard he, like the shop owner, knows everyone could switch to something else next week?
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