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There’s a book, The Charisma Machine (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537445/the-charisma-machine/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537445/the-charisma-machine/)
by aserr 10mo ago
There’s a book, The Charisma Machine (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537445/the-charisma-machine/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537445/the-charisma-machine/), that examines outcomes from multiple OLPC initiatives and covers many of the failings.
- ChrisArchitect 10mo agoSome of the more recent lookbacks with anecdotes and takes: The Charisma Machine: The life, death, and legacy of One Laptop per Child (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29971982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29971982 OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world (2018) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16849374 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16849374
- bigthymer 10mo agoA youtube talk about the book for the lazy\busy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCeaQUPaze4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCeaQUPaze4