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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Negroponte: Turn tablets into a 'constructionist medium']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The problem in Gaza is not lack of books. It has a fundamentalist military regime.There is strict control by the Hamas religious authorities (similar to the Taliban in Afghanistan) which monitor and censure knowledge. That is the real obstacle that kids seeking education in Gaza are facing today and it is not solved by a nice tablet.Be that as it may, other than the intoxicating smell of a freshly printed book, it makes perfect sense to push lightweight tablets to developing countries  as well as industrialized countries.I wonder though if developing countries have the facilities to safely dispose of broken tablets containing toxic chemicals?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[skepticus]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:25:10 -0700</pubDate>
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