[Sigia-l] Implications and Unintended Consequences

[Will Parker]

On Jan 12, 2007, at 3:26 PM, Ziya Oz wrote:
> Will Parker:
>
>> OLPC laptops would make excellent tools for terrorists
>
> Yep, those Massachusetts liberals will do anything to sell this  
> country to
> the terrorists. Imagine then all the fun the terrorists would have  
> playing
> with Google maps on their multi-touch screen iPhone. On the bright  
> side, a
> generation of terrorist weaned on OLPCs won't know what to do with  
> real
> computers at, say, libraries and internet cafes.
>
> ;-)

Personally, the  terrorist angle looks unlikely to me, but my primary  
school experience tells me that the "youth gang" scenario is all too  
likely. Think "Lord Of The Flies In Cyberspace", and you've got one  
of the potential outcomes I can see. But then, I went to Catholic  
school, so my point of view might not be normal.

- Will
Will Parker
wparker at ChannelingDesign.com

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