{"id":263,"date":"2003-01-31T11:24:44","date_gmt":"2003-01-31T09:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=263"},"modified":"2003-01-31T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2003-01-31T09:24:44","slug":"more-povs-on-kennys-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2003\/01\/31\/more-povs-on-kennys-article\/","title":{"rendered":"More POVs on Kenny\u2019s article"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days<\/a> ago, I commented on an article<\/a> by Dr. Kenny in Foreign Policy.<\/p>\n

David Brake @ Blog.org<\/a> adds his comments [via riptari<\/a>]\n

…and the fact is that money for improving telecommunications infrastructure seldom comes from the same sources as money for primary education etc.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, while subsidising universal access may be excessive at this stage in the development of the Internet, that doesn’t mean that as costs lower the cost\/benefit of providing Internet access my be better than the cost\/benefit of other aid activities in certain areas under certain circumstances.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those are very good points. And while I’m not necessarily a fan of the concept “Universal Access”, since it’s too big, too glamorous, and way too large a goal, David Brake has a valid point. There is nothing inherently wrong with the objective, and the cost\/benefit that Kenny makes is faulty already with todays technology, and will rapidly become further from the truth as technology advances. <\/p>\n

My issue with “Universal Access” indeed, is not with the cost\/benefit, as much as with a general tendency to want to focus on individual, smaller projects rather thabn large global goals. I have the same problem with the Kyoto Accords, or anything else that claims to be able to get a global, coordinated action in place. <\/p>\n

My place, and idealism is in individual, smaller scale projects, where I can actually see the difference it makes within my lifetime. Projects that are small enough to reward participants with lot’s of social capital, karma, Affero<\/a> recommendations or whuffie<\/a>, ie. community projects, based on an interest in making a difference rather than political, policy-level projects. <\/p>\n

But that is me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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