• RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I agree, but there is a pretty substantial list of stuff to arrange before internet becomes a thing people need… Granted, internet can help with some of them. But focussing on the primary things to keep people alive and allow them to Prosper seems good form.

    “Don’t you people have phones”…

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      2 months ago

      Just an example, but I’ve worked in central Africa and was recently at a very rural hospital where there was no running water and no electricity (other than local solar), and while there they received an airborne blood delivery via drone from a facility about 100 miles and about 4 hour drive time away. This was extremely helpful and managed through Internet communication.

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      2 months ago

      Internet access means access to information on all sorts of things that can improve their day to day lives.

      Physical resources are also important, obviously, but the free availability of information resources genuinely is life changing.