On 4/16/07, Doyle Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If villages can't unite by other means but someone offers them cheap cell phones which effectively give them an electric computer hand held device, that would be the avenue of choice to connect people. Doyle
It is a mixed blessing. Technology imported from outside can create dependence and lead to loss of traditional forms of knowledge. As far as I can see, such local knowledge is almost always disparaged and undervalued in the planning of large infrastructure projects. On 4/16/07, Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> villagers beware of strangers bearing gifts? Uh yeah. Did I say otherwise? Doug
Maybe it was a misreading on my part but "Ok, so Sardar Sarovar is a brutalist project - how then to get electricity to rural India?" strongly implies an external agent to get electricity to rural India. -raghu.
