Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson led a thought-provoking session Wednesday night (2/8/06) about his vision–enticing but embryonic–of using technology, the Internet, and even soccer to connect what he calls the biggest of the big–China–with the smallest of the small–Jamaica. His love for Jamaica, and his track record of helping the people there and truly changing lives, gave the presentation an added richness, sincerity, and importance. He was looking for suggestions and ideas from the group as much as he was looking to present ideas himself. And it was a good group–about 25 people, many happy to engage in a discussion about how to further a unique vision that still needs the right spark.
Unfortunately we had some technical problems with the webcast (we’ll fix that before the next event in our Digital Media in Asia speaker series).
Click here for a recap of the session at the Berkman Center web site.
To participate in Nesson’s online dialog about a China-Jamaica connection, check out his wiki.