The human element 2
I was not trying to promote an old “man vs. machine” or “human vs. technological”. All I’m saying is that the use of any artefact is only effective if humans embrace it. Dropping computers onto villages will have a wildly different impact according to whether you can find, or train, one or more “village hackers” to steward the machine and deploy it to its best.
I have no hard data, but I have the impression that this is the single most common point of failure of technology-based projects. Engineers build it and deliver it, people don’t come, and everyone has wasted time.
@Matthias, so what’s our next move? Are we dropping the idea? Or what?