links for 2007-10-14
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Indian company RCom plans to bring OLPC to India, reaching 25,000 towns, and 600,000 villages by the end of 2008
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Very smart Paul Graham essay in support of economic inequality as an inescapable consequence of technological change
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Gorgeous visualization of internet structure through cities connected by internet routers
October 14th, 2007 at 9:47 am
That is a classic article by Paul Graham, I would encourage others who read this to check out the rest of his article. He is a very good writer.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Ethan, that Paul Graham essay is wonderful. I could not agree more. My only minor quibble is that he should have made a distinction between income and wealth. In the end notes he does make a brief reference, though. Thanks.
October 14th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I’m amazed at how exceptionally ill-informed the Paul Graham article is about the actual causes and effects of inequality. Empirical research shows that class mobility is decreasing and that most people who end up wealthy started out wealthy. Moreover, inequality itself can lead to shorter life expectancies, even at absolute higher levels of wealth. There are simply too many mistakes in this article to address them all here. I urge you to read some Amartya Sen and Paul Krugman as an antidote. Some additional links on my wiki.