You’re a well-meaning, internet-connected, comparatively wealthy and well-educated person living in the developed world. (And even if you’re not, bear with me for a moment.)… Read More »“How do I help?” – Introducing Nabuur
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For a little more than a year now, I’ve been carrying in my wallet a $500 Zimbabwean bearer cheque, an odd form of currency designed… Read More »Brother, can you spare a billion?
I wrote a bit last year about the idea of “incremental infrastructure“. Basically, the idea is that there might be a future for infrastructure projects… Read More »Incremental ideas: solar-powered GSM towers
One of the better conversations I’ve had lately was with an old friend who’s now working in Sudan, reporting on local news and politics as… Read More »Media, reality, representation: what are we paying attention to when we pay attention to Darfur?
David Weinberger has an intriguing post up today about the “Fallacy of Examples“. He’s reacting to a column from Nick Kristof in the New York… Read More »The Fallacy of Examples, and the problems of extrapolating from media