{"id":814,"date":"2008-01-04T21:51:03","date_gmt":"2008-01-05T01:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sj\/2008\/01\/04\/competetive-brilliance\/"},"modified":"2008-01-04T21:52:16","modified_gmt":"2008-01-05T01:52:16","slug":"competetive-brilliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2008\/01\/04\/competetive-brilliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitive brilliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intel<\/strong> left the OLPC Board yesterday. [I love quotes citing ‘irreconcilable’ and ‘philosophical’ differences, as though there were a pastor<\/strong> involved.] It had been an interesting six months since they joined; with much discussion about ways we could work together in the future. Some of this has been distracting, but some has been enlightening as well.<\/p>\n

I found counterparts<\/strong> in their organization sincerely interested in improving education, but without radical ideas about how to do that differently than basic introduction of computers… and without a sense that they were in a position to make such changes.<\/p>\n

The engines of competition are often separated from the creators in a position to make a project educational, inspirational, or not. Educational projects should [all] be able to isolate areas of collaboration — at a minimum, the end goal of a better-educated populace; but also much more practical than this. I hope that PR doesn’t get in the way<\/strong> of finding and pursuing these shared goals. We have certainly found that even people dedicated to education sometimes need to be reminded of the power<\/strong> the have to dramatically change the lives of communities they work with. The same could be said of people who develop computers, texts, and community programs; each of whom may feel that they are constrained<\/strong>, working within a fixed framework that they cannot influence.<\/p>\n

On the subject of the new year, I wish for shared attention to the needs of children, and focus <\/strong>of competitive effort into brilliance : deeper discussions about how to improve the rural schoolroom, interfaces for children, a universal public library. Asus seems to be moving in the right direction; perhaps Intel will choose to do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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