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Geek heresy : rescuing social change from the cult of technology
by Toyama, Kentaro (Author)
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Summary
"In 2004, Kentaro Toyama, an award-winning computer scientist, moved to India to start a new research group for Microsoft. Its mission: to explore novel technological solutions to the world's persistent social problems. Together with his team, he invented electronic devices for under-resourced urban... Full description
Table of Contents:
- No laptop left behind : conflicting results in educational technology
- The law of amplification : a simple but powerful theory of technology's social impact
- Geek myths debunked : dispelling misguided beliefs about technology
- Shrink-wrapped quick fixes : technology as an exemplar of the packaged intervention
- Technocratic orthodoxy : the persuasive biases of modern do-gooding
- Amplifying people : the importance of heart, mind, and will
- A different kind of upgrade : human development before technology development
- Hierarchy of aspirations : the evolution of intrinsic motivation
- "Gross National Wisdom" : societal development and mass intrinsic growth
- Nurturing change : mentorship as a social-cause paradigm.
