July 18, 2008
— Open Blog
"There's this belief that in order to stop poverty, we have to find ways to get people to stop being farmers," she says. "What we need to do is find ways to stop them from being poor farmers."
That quote is from Amy Smith an MIT instructor and member of Popular Mechanics editorial board discussing appropriate technology and poverty eradication.
Instapundit points out an article about her work that is extremely interesting. The idea that something as simple as a cornsheller can make a major difference is one that most people don't understand.
Here are 3 samples of her work. And speaking of the third world - has anyone besides me noticed how bad our TV sucks compared to everyone else? The following is offered without much comment:
I am pretty sure that she just keeps repeating "look at my enormous boobs! look at them!!!" over and over.
We however are stuck with "The Price is Right"
Here is a question - Who watches so much Price is Right, that they can put together that video? Man, people say I have no life.
Now for the shameless plug. Radio Free Moronosphere is up and running. I am looking for playlist suggestions and if anyone wants to put a podcast up there let me know. You can get in touch with me via the station page or my blog.
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Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at July 19, 2008 07:05 AM (NxVhp)
heh. nice.
I am currently listener 1 of a total of.... 1
You gotta pimp it in a better spot Chad... you gotta be pretty deep into the post to notice the link. See if Ace will give you a spot on the sidebar for a while!
Posted by: Terry at July 19, 2008 08:36 AM (GAQ/Q)
Again if anyone wants to record a podcast and have it inserted in theplaylist let me know.
End of Medicine noted and on the listener request list.
Posted by: chad at July 19, 2008 08:59 AM (WNcvq)
2) Where does this anti-efficiency thing come from? People claim they hate the super-giant market, but do they really want to pay $10/lb for beef or a dollar per egg?
Do you want only a handful of million-dollar handmade cars out there, or do you want your $50k cadillacs, $30k Hondas and $13k Hyundais?
How about $500000 handmade computers only the wealthy can afford, and you have to use an abacus to do math?
Can you imagine anything that could more improve the lives of dirt farmers than a local Wal-Mart?
Posted by: Merovign at July 19, 2008 09:30 AM (UXoQt)
italian TV however beats american on one specific point. here a piece of the local version of SNL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7kSc4yiw8E&feature=related
and i could go on forever on that specific point.
Posted by: angrymob at July 19, 2008 10:01 AM (oRT5o)
Luggage and a plane ticket?
Posted by: Purple Avenger at July 19, 2008 03:11 PM (loWAm)
What about the children? Won't somebody think about the children? OK, I mean, not the starving brown ones, fuck them, but our pimply bourgeois white western kids who are so worried about the polar bears and penguins...
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