Lab+3

Statement: "One Laptop Per Child is a neo-colonial trojan horse"**
 * CCT205: LAB 3

According to the OLPC website, the mission behind having One Laptop Per Child is to provide educational opportunities for third world country children who would likewise not have a chance. In regards to the statement, being a neo-colonial trojan horse is the idea that the political government are inflicting their influences secretly into the minds of underdeveloped citizens. This laptop is created by the developed and modern world for nations that are less developed. Therefore, the ideas going behind the creators are probably American and are going to conflict the ideals of smaller nations. Without being completely transparent, the American ideas are being transmitted to young children through the means of the laptop and the world wide web.

Personally, I believe it is not in the agenda of the government to sneak in or invade the third world country users with secret messages. The XO is designed to be an open source piece of software that allows all people with access to the laptop to create and edit programs that fit their needs. Whether this benefits their culture or helps decrease the needs of people, they can do so without the influence of the government. The government is only supply the school with the initial wireless internet connection, beyond that it is not monitored by institutional structures. They have the ability to connect to the internet by using mesh computing, allowing them to view any part of the web. There are not secret restrictions that are inflicted on the children, because they have the power to view and edit whatever they like.