Talk:Our effect

I would reconsider the following answers

"Should these impacts be studied before the laptops are released? Of course not. There is no way to truly know the impact of the OLPCs before they are in use."

Most things in the world are very difficult to know beforehand. Still studying them makes sense. The studies makes the likelihood of choosing the right action much higer than in the case of not studying at all. Even a child without a laptop knowns this. For some reason the answer "of course not" makes me to think the farce of "searching" and "finding" WMD in Iraq.

"How will family, community, and religious structures that have existed for generations be impacted? There are no longer any such structures in the modern world. Due to modern technology of communications and transportation, there are no cultures in which family, community and religious structures are the same as they were 60-80 years ago."

The answer is first at all totally wrong. Family, community and religious structures are playing a major role in most people's life on the globe. The modern technology of communication and transportation should not change these structures and we already know that they do not. The world is full of good examples of using modern technology and still keeping the traditional structures of life.

I am not sure who answered the above question, but it certainly doesn't represent the views of OLPC. I'll draft a response shortly. Walter 20:44, 27 June 2006 (EDT)