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'In technology we trust' is not the answer to social inequality

'In technology we trust' is not the answer to social inequality

There is one common thread that binds together the infamous "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) initiative in 2005, Facebook’s controversial "Free Basics" program in 2015, and HCMC Department of Information and Communications’ recent proposal to give its low-income residents free smartphones in 2022: the debunked belief that technology is a silver bullet to our social inequality.
 
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