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Originally Posted by kilohertz53
I agree that it's to easy to be critical and to take our own good fortune for granted.
The problem, as I see it, is that using a television as a display device implies a reliable source of electricity for the school. I think this would be a bigger obstacle that obtaining books. There are already charities out there that supply books to school children in the developing world, such as Room to Read:
http://www.roomtoread.org/Page.aspx?pid=183
Books on paper are still the ultimate portable reading device. Sometimes low-tech is still the best solution. |
True, this device won't work for many people, but you are ignoring that it WILL work for many others. There is no such thing as 'one size fits all' in the efforts to remediate poverty and ignorance. Even if it helps just a few million people instead of a few billion, I'd say it's worth looking into.