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OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world

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235 points ChrisArchitect | 1 comments | 16 Apr 18 14:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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neolefty ◴[16 Apr 18 15:43 UTC] No.16849737[source]▶
Everywhere and nowhere. I thought they helped inspire the current round of affordable computers (chromebooks, phones, cheap laptops, pi, etc)?
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pasbesoin ◴[16 Apr 18 18:23 UTC] No.16851428[source]▶
Yep.

I'm still waiting on my transflective screen, though.

And on world education.

But hey, these people tried to create a solution. How many people talk and talk, but never do anything?

And even if they didn't succeed as originally intended, all you people typing on your oh-so thin and light ultrabooks, can thank OLPC for helping get the ball rolling.

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1. neolefty ◴[17 Apr 18 13:40 UTC] No.16858148[source]▶
World education is gradually improving! It's a combination of processes of human development and technological aids. Rather than look for a complete solution, I look for whether the situation is improving. Because it's true that most peoples' lives are still depressingly non-optimal!

For example this graph of literacy over the last 25 years (under the heading "Regional Disparities"):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy#Regional_disparities