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Creepy Or Clever

December 29, 2008 @ 17:45

"In what is perhaps the strangest tech news of the last week or so, John Lennon has been digitally brought back from the grave in order to star in a video advert for the One Laptop Per Child initiative." (more)

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59 Responses to "Creepy Or Clever"


Horonymous
December 29, 2008 / 21:13

Not a very convincing voice over or lip animation.
Still like John Lennon.


Argie
December 29, 2008 / 22:17

But, but, I don't even have a laptop. Why should every kid on the world have one?


Ryan
December 29, 2008 / 23:23

Perhaps the bigger question is..are we doing more harm than good by providing laptops, the internet and consumerism to cultures that may be better off without?

Just throwin it out there for debate...


John B
December 30, 2008 / 09:59

Of course they need laptops. How else can they be turned into consumers?


Steve
December 30, 2008 / 19:28

John B hit it right on the head. They're hedging on the possibility that some of these god-forsaken hell holes will some day turn it around, and actually become customers. Shameful. And the patched-together "message" from Lennon is grotesque. Sorry to be so cynical, but what these people need is food, clean water, and medicines. That doesn't pay off, though.


Anonymous
December 31, 2008 / 07:51

John Lennon never would have agreed to this. Very very sad.


Robbie J
December 31, 2008 / 11:04

Your missing the point of the project if you think it's about having kids surf the net et al. Read the mission statement and check out the site if you so choose:

Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.

http://laptop.org/en/vision/index.shtml

When my wife did a stint with the UN in Ethiopia a few years ago for Polio prevention, she left her old run down laptop behind with a teacher in a small town. They have since put it to good use.

Rob


Dizzy
January 5, 2009 / 14:24

Oh, good Lord...that's just sad.

I think they'd do better with FOOD than with a laptop.


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