OLPC, One Laptop Per Child aims to bring affordable, durable, and connected laptops to children in undeveloped countries. The goal is that by introducing these connected laptops to children they will "learn to learn" and this will increase their drive to learn and connect with the rest of the world . This will cause the ability they have to change their world and help their countries develop faster and more thoroughly.
My question was, "are the OLPC laptops going to waste in certain areas because there is just no time to use them?" Apparently OLPC has done research to find areas that are not so underdeveloped that the citizens are still competing with nature for the entire day. This means that the children who are able to use these laptops are actually getting chances to use them instead of having to deal with food, shelter, and survival. Because let's face it, this
thinking machine
Does not take priority over this
Killing Machine
All jokes aside OLPC is making a great effort to increase the knowledge of children world wide. The old method of establishing schools and finding teachers does not seem to stand up well to the more dire situations of some undeveloped regions. Plus, the laptop is pretty cool.
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