points by karmakaze a year ago

I don't know about the others but OLPC was trying to solve a 2nd order problem (education) when the 1st order problem, clean water, food, etc wasn't solved. A case of a solution being fitted to the user rather than the most pressing needs of said user, which can happen without appreciating a vastly different culture/context. The most useful feature of OLPC was as a flashlight.