Quotes by Nicholas Negroponte

“Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.”

“This selected group of organizations has shown their commitment and leadership in closing the digital divide in emerging countries, focusing on providing access to life-altering technology and information to children across the globe.”

“is still too expensive.”

“We have been asked directly about this, ... Remember that the military used wind-up radios for years.”

“The computer provides the only way to give students a real foundation in 21st-century skills,”

“I am always asked in my travels through the developing world: If this is such a good idea, why isnt America doing it? ... Well, now they are.”

“Ive told the governments that our price will float and go down over time,”

“I do tell governments were selling you a Trojan horse,”

“You look at countries like Italy and Spain, which both have low (Internet user) numbers, but Italy could actually be more wired than France,”

“There are 200,000 paid subscribers in Mexico,”

Where do new ideas come from? The answer is simple: differences. Creativity comes from unlikely juxtapositions.

Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water.

Weve been working now with computers and education for 30 years, computers in developing countries for 20 years, and trying to make low-cost machines for 10 years. This is not a sudden turn down the road.

Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation.

If you take any world problem, any issue on the planet, the solution to that problem certainly includes education. In education, the roadblock is the laptop.