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How a Byte of Knowledge Can Be Dangerous, Too
SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- The prospects seemed bright when the Internet was recently
introduced in a remote part of the mountainous Cotopoxi region in Ecuador.
Under the guidance of aid workers, Quichua-speaking peasants planned to gather
crop information and sell their crafts over the Web....
[Clipped for copyright. Goes on to
discuss possible negative consequences of village access to net. See full article
in the New York Times online]:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/review/042300global-villages-review.html
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