Tag: poverty
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Smart technologies for disciplining the poor
There are millions of energy prepayment meters in Britain. They’re supposed to liberate customers from financial worry. They do the exact opposite. — (I updated this post on 5 January…
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Better Booth
Thanks to Quinquireme, for a much better and more searchable Charles Booth site at the LSE (I mean better than the one I used the other day)
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Digital divide – approx. 3000 miles wide
One look at this map (From the Public Internet Project via Werblog) showing Manhattan’s wi-fi nodes should be enough to prove that the biggest digital divide of all is the…