I am continually amazed at the inconsistencies of our modern society. I look around and I am confused. The things that people spend money on, the values that
we assign to things.
The laptop pictured at the left cost $100. It isn't a great laptop by today's standards, but it is comparable to $2500 computers from 10 years ago.
That is to say, it will do everything you need it to do, slowly.
The other device featured in this post is called a Wiki-Reader. Designed for people who want Wikipedia but don't want, or can't afford, the internet. The concept initially struck me as ludicrous: Wikipedia is fluid, dynamic, changing; that's what makes it great. But it is also a fantastic, if often inaccurate, resource and access to it shouldn't be limited to those who pay their monthly fee to access the internet. I realized that the wiki-reader is probably as close to a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as we will ever see in my lifetime.
That same $100 could buy you a laptop, one album (
The Beatles White Album), two PS3 games, a
pair of jeans, or a Wiki-Reader.
Let that sink in, for the cost of a pair of jeans and a T-shirt from Abercrombie and Fitch you could have access to the wealth of uses afforded by a computer, or the cornucopia of information that the Wiki-Reader provides.
Knowledge - Communication - Music - Jeans - Same price across the board.
