Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 25, 2007
Steve Cisler heard me mention this book recently and sent me a spot-on article from the Observer, How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa. The article shows how we manage to damage agricultural economies and the sustainability of countries with food aid, this time in Malawi.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 9, 2013
The investments that Amazon, Apple and Google, among others, are making in aggregating Spanish-language digital content signal their priority on developing the Spanish-language markets in Latin America. Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 27, 2015
In North America, Canada was rated as “probable” and the USA as a “possible.” Of course, Mexico might well beat both the USA and Canada, but Mexico is in the Latin America group at WBU. Moreover, the UK, which is generally pro-Treaty, has political reasons to not bow to EU authority at this time.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Just have to find some time and money to tackle them! Three of my peers had really great ideas for software for solving significant problems in their work, and I’m still excited about these possibilities for collaboration.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 16, 2014
More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. As a lifelong geek, I can’t imagine a more thrilling time to make this happen. My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
I was amazed to learn about the ways in which AI has transformed itself over the first half century of its existence, as one of the preeminent human rights group of our time. I especially heard strong interest in building the Amnesty movement in Latin America and Asia.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
My biggest takeaway from the summit: the time could not be more urgent, and more hopeful, for the future of braille and the prospects of those who need it. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.
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