TEDTalks in the Field: Nicholas Negroponte takes OLPC to Colombia

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(TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department, who see One Laptop per Child as an investment in the region. This project will have a bigger and more lasting effect on the damages created by poverty, destitution, crime and violence in the world than any other single thing I can think of -- how about you? [6:31]

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So long as we don't do anything in Nigeria. The 419 scams are still going strong. Imagine pushing 100,000 laptops out into the field.