Archive for the '3rd & Developing World' Category

Ron Eglash: African fractals, in buildings and braids

Friday, April 25th, 2008



I dont really undertsand what he talking about but it’s still very interesting

There are many more talks on TED so here is a link to their site

Aid to 3rd World Countries is bad

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I have always disagreed with giving aid in the form of food or water to developing countires. Like it says in the bible, ‘Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime’. Much better to teach people how to farm than to give them food.

Here is an interesting video I found on TED.com which gives a present day example of this theory.