Denver Gingerich's Bookmarks Tagged With "olpc"

Educate, don't legislate

http://lists.lo-res.org/pipermail/its.an.education.project/2008-May/000072.html
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A good quote from Thomas Jefferson about education and governance. I specifically like the "educate, don't legislate" part, which I take to mean that government should avoid legislating correct behavior when possible and instead educate people on… More
- Tags: kay, education, insight, jefferson, quote, olpc
- Saved by Denver Gingerich on May 03, 2008.
Organizations are the sum of their parts

http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-April/013252.html
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Organizations don't say things; people say things. This is all too easy to forget, especially when you get caught up in the news. "Organizations do not act coherently to nearly the same extent as individual humans. Individuals change their mi… More
- Tags: olpc, bradley, organization, insight
- Saved by Denver Gingerich on May 03, 2008.
Open source: the motivation to help

http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-April/013200.html
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John Gilmore describes how people feel much more motivated to help (through forums, mailing lists, etc.) with open source projects than with other projects: "One aspect of freedom that has gone unmentioned by both Walter Bender and Michael Ston… More
- Tags: olpc, gilmore, opensource, culture, community, support, helping, insight
- Saved by Denver Gingerich on May 03, 2008.