Think what the $100 laptop could do for home as well as abroad

 

Firstly, apologies for the lack of recent posts. I’ve got six more days before handing in CIPR diploma coursework and then normalservice should be resumed. I will also hopefully have some interesting research on corporate blogging to share – unlessEllee Seymourr beats me to it!

Anyway, Stephen Davies’ post about the $100 laptop caught my eye and I’d thought I’d follow it up.

Along with the rate of broadband adoption across the world, having an affordable computer to access the internet is clearly a good thing.

The internet’s potential to open up global markets, create economic models of social production and break-down traditional physical or capital barriers is a great thing.

If you want technicolour evidence of the speed and efficiency of this globalisation or modernisation, have a look at Gapminder.org.

Anyway, my point is this: just before Christmas I drew attention to UK-based Child Poverty Action Group which works to tackle child poverty.

If we recognise the benefits of the $100 laptop for developing countries globally then surely the impact will be similar for the domestic market?

Issues such as tackling poverty of all kinds, providing kids with decent education and stimulating enterprise are all hot topics. Could the $100 be part of the Government’s solution?

*dismounts soapbox*

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