Comments on: Digital ignorance in powerful circles http://nbse.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/digital-ignorance-in-powerful-circles/ A blog on creating a social enterprise Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:49:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Citizensheep » Should we the digital divide or live with it? http://nbse.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/digital-ignorance-in-powerful-circles/#comment-65 Citizensheep » Should we the digital divide or live with it? Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:38:12 +0000 http://nbse.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-65 [...] of that, and a suggestion that the money would be better spent on ‘digital mentors‘. Stuart Parker argues: ‘It’s not about the access. The ongoing evolution of the Internet … means [...] [...] of that, and a suggestion that the money would be better spent on ‘digital mentors‘. Stuart Parker argues: ‘It’s not about the access. The ongoing evolution of the Internet … means [...]

]]> By: D’log :: blogging since 2000 » Free laptops http://nbse.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/digital-ignorance-in-powerful-circles/#comment-63 D’log :: blogging since 2000 » Free laptops Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:47:19 +0000 http://nbse.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-63 [...] a report on the Birmingham cafe/pubmeet, and Stuart Parker (of North Birmingham Social Enterprise) has comments on a discussion there about the government’s new vote-buying handouts initiative to spend £300-million of [...] [...] a report on the Birmingham cafe/pubmeet, and Stuart Parker (of North Birmingham Social Enterprise) has comments on a discussion there about the government’s new vote-buying handouts initiative to spend £300-million of [...]

]]> By: My thoughts on September’s meeting by - the rice show one. | Paradise Circus http://nbse.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/digital-ignorance-in-powerful-circles/#comment-62 My thoughts on September’s meeting by - the rice show one. | Paradise Circus Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:01:00 +0000 http://nbse.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-62 [...] evening also gave me a chance to catch up with Stuart Parker who has written here the blog post I would have written Had I said anything on this site about government plans to spend [...] [...] evening also gave me a chance to catch up with Stuart Parker who has written here the blog post I would have written Had I said anything on this site about government plans to spend [...]

]]> By: Podnosh Blog » Archive » Birmingham Bloggers met. http://nbse.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/digital-ignorance-in-powerful-circles/#comment-61 Podnosh Blog » Archive » Birmingham Bloggers met. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:44:26 +0000 http://nbse.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-61 [...] evening also gave me a chance to catch up with  Stuart Parker who has written here the blog post I would have written Had I said anything on this site about government plans to spend [...] [...] evening also gave me a chance to catch up with  Stuart Parker who has written here the blog post I would have written Had I said anything on this site about government plans to spend [...]

]]> By: Tim Rueb http://nbse.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/digital-ignorance-in-powerful-circles/#comment-60 Tim Rueb Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:55:43 +0000 http://nbse.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-60 Interesting post. I love to read the perspectives of other countries, especially what they are going through as it relates to the internet. The fallacy in your argument is that everyone can be brought into a digital society. This will not happen. In any sector of life, there are the apathetic and non-compliant. Some by choice, some ignorance. The amount of energy needed to bring these in the fold is counter productive to a more pressing need: the future. The life-cycles of the non-users are finite, and will eventually solve itself. The question becomes "How could the 300mil be used to improve society as a whole by creating new services or improving efficiencies in some part of society, before untouched by the internet" If you were hell bent on making late adopters use the internet, create a service that they must use, but only have it on-line. Provide no other means of access. They would comply. But in the end, would that really have been the best way to spend 300mil? Interesting post. I love to read the perspectives of other countries, especially what they are going through as it relates to the internet.

The fallacy in your argument is that everyone can be brought into a digital society. This will not happen. In any sector of life, there are the apathetic and non-compliant. Some by choice, some ignorance. The amount of energy needed to bring these in the fold is counter productive to a more pressing need: the future. The life-cycles of the non-users are finite, and will eventually solve itself.

The question becomes “How could the 300mil be used to improve society as a whole by creating new services or improving efficiencies in some part of society, before untouched by the internet”

If you were hell bent on making late adopters use the internet, create a service that they must use, but only have it on-line. Provide no other means of access. They would comply. But in the end, would that really have been the best way to spend 300mil?

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