Erdos Had The Number First

I hate to say it, but I think this (MIT suffers hubris over $100 PC idea) guy may have a valid point. I’m not sure that giving laptops to people is a good solution, just in general. I think what india has done with their satalight
system may be a better use of resources. Computing resources can be centralized, and lightweight computer equipment could even be run using the TV as a monitor.

One of the real problems is that this technology isn’t robust enough yet. They are talking about deploying it in regions that may not even have access to paper and pencil, let alone the tech required to connect one of these laptops up to a functioning network.