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Nicholas Negroponte
Colbert Questions Negroponte's 'One Laptop Per Child' Campaign (VIDEO)
by Aimee Deeken, posted Oct 26th 2010 7:30AM
When Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the One Laptop per Child Association, appeared on 'The Colbert Report' (weeknights, 11:30PM ET on COM), he gave the host a gander at the non-profit's global XO Laptop."This is a way to learn without building all the schools and the teachers, immediately," explained Negroponte. "When you have so little, this is the way to go."
Stephen Colbert replied: "I'm going to sound like a monster for saying this, but if kids in third-world countries are getting these computers -- and they are learning and improving themselves -- who's gonna make our cheap clothing and dig our blood diamonds?" Negroponte replied, "The answer's easy." Watch the clip for his one-word remedy.
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