(hat tip - Ryan)
When Nicholas Negroponte announced the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative in early 2005, everyone thought it was wonderful. However, according to articles in the Boston Globe and New York Times (which should work if the Times’s no subscription policy has taken affect), orders for the XO Laptop have been falling below […]

The Bottom of the Pyramid class had an opportunity to hear from Cal Turner, former CEO of Dollar General. Cal’s grandfather and father started Dollar General when they pioneered the idea of a general store selling everything for less than 1 dollar in 1939 in Scottsville, Kentucky. The idea quickly caught on and […]

A news story broke today that is tied to a product created specifically for the BOP. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), an organization founded by MIT Media Lab founder and former director Nicholas Negroponte, has created a laptop suitable for distribution and use at the bottom of the pyramid. Their mission, according to […]

(hat tip Ryan Hutchinson)
The question isn’t really a new one, but as new minds answer, it is worth listening. Ryan pulled out an Der Spiegel article from a couple of years ago, but still relevant to our discussion today, especially with books like The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest […]

One of the debates for Project Pyramid over the past year has been centered on looking at these two words and the differences in meaning and consequence. Should we advocate the elimination of poverty or advance the alleviation of poverty?
Certainly, these are two related, but very different, goals with very different world views and perspectives. […]