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A thought that’s been at the back of my mind: technology specifically designed with the poor in mind (as opposed to stuff just getting cheaper as it rides cost curves to commoditization) inevitably ends up being technology designed to keep them poor.
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Moore’s law is the most extreme example, but most innovations start out premium and then hit mass affordability as they ride cost curves down. Every order of magnitude reduction = one lower social class accommodated.