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To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/17/2009 4:04:35 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217617
 
1) the people who passes on that road use a phone. 2) See the bigger house above the others? Chief. Chief has generator and has a phone so, his people can communicate. His generator powers diurung the night the phones batteries.



To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/17/2009 4:11:29 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217617
 
The River Keve is running water.



To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/17/2009 4:16:10 PM
From: Maurice Winn3 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217617
 
Chas the primary function of humans is communication. We have eyes and ears as our primary cognitive inputs. A cyberphone is an extension of our ears and eyes and is the most important thing people can have.

Watch young people with their phones - the device is not just a toy or fancy gadget, it is an essential component of life itself.

If people had to give up their ears and left arm, or their cyberphones, for life, they would choose to do without their ears and left arm [I mean their actual hearing, not just a Van Gogh cutting of the outside].

<Most of these people/villages don't even have running water or electricity....why do they need cell phones...???>

A photovoltaic panel can charge a cyberphone. Running water is nice, but walking to a well is okay. One can chat on the cyberphone and check the S&P500 while updating Facebook while the donkey pumps some more water into the bucket.

Mqurice



To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/17/2009 4:16:46 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217617
 
see how they make money:
Message 25848261



To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/17/2009 4:19:12 PM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217617
 
the assets of the villagers



To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/17/2009 4:32:40 PM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 217617
 
Just in case you say water not running...



To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/18/2009 3:20:19 AM
From: energyplay2 Recommendations  Respond to of 217617
 
>>>"Most of these people/villages don't even have running water or electricity....why do they need cell phones...???"<<<

To call a plumber and an electrician to install water and electricity.



To: Chas. who wrote (55112)9/18/2009 11:32:09 AM
From: KyrosL2 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217617
 
Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?
By SARA CORBETT

Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world.

nytimes.com