Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology
INTRODUCTION; 1. No Laptop Left Behind; 2. The Law of Amplification; 3. Geek Myths Debunked; 4. Shrink-Wrapped Quick Fixes; 5. Technocratic Orthodoxy; 6. Amplifying People; 7. A Different Kind of Upgrade; 8. Hierarchy of Aspirations; 9. "Gross National Wisdom"; 10. Nurturing Change; Conclu...
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| Zusammenfassung: | INTRODUCTION; 1. No Laptop Left Behind; 2. The Law of Amplification; 3. Geek Myths Debunked; 4. Shrink-Wrapped Quick Fixes; 5. Technocratic Orthodoxy; 6. Amplifying People; 7. A Different Kind of Upgrade; 8. Hierarchy of Aspirations; 9. "Gross National Wisdom"; 10. Nurturing Change; Conclusion; APPENDIX: HIGHLIGHTED NONPROFITS; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX 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 schools and developed digital platforms for remote agrarian communities. But after a decade of designing technologies for humanitarian causes, Toyama concluded that no technology, however dazzling, could cause social change on its own.Technologists and policy-makers love to boast about modern innova |
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Introduction ix
Part 1
chapter i: No Laptop Left Behind 3
Conflicting Results in Educational Technology
CHAPTER 2: The Law of Amplification 17
A Simple but Powerful Theory of Technology s Social Impact
CHAPTER 3: Geek Myths Debunked 38
Dispelling Misguided Belief About Technology
CHAPTER 4: Shrink-Wrapped Quick Fixes 57
Technology as an Exemplar of the Packaged Intervention
CHAPTER 5: Technocratic Orthodoxy 74
The Pervasive Biases of Modern Do֊Gooding
Part 2
CHAPTER 6: Amplifying People 103
The Importance of Hearty Mind and Will
CHAPTER 7: A Different Kind of Upgrade 122
Human Development Before Technology Development
CHAPTER 8: Hierarchy of Aspirations 151
The Evolution of Intrinsic Motivation
CHAPTER 9: “Gross National Wisdom” 172
Societal Development and Mass Intrinsic Growth
CHAPTER 10: Nurturing Change 192
Mentorship as a Social-Cause Paradigm
Conclusion 211
Acknowledgments 219
Appendix: Highlighted Nonprofits 223
Notes 225
References 279
Index 315
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