http://www.metafilter.com/tags/WEF Posts tagged with 'WEF' at MetaFilter. Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:02:21 -0800 Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:02:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/8840/ <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/07/06/consoles.divide.idg/index.html">Just because we can we should?</a> Is this another case of rabid technology or will it really be useful? Can't the $225 per playstation-console be used to oh, say... clean up their water... or.. send a real life human being to their country to properly educate them? tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.8840 Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:02:21 -0800 Consoles DevelopingNations GameConsoles Internet InternetAccess IT Linux ThirdWorld WEF WorldEconomicForum tsidel http://www.metafilter.com/3200/ It's odd that people reacting against <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/20000911/A57695-2000Sep10.html">globalisation </a> should try to stop the forum meeting in Melbourne this week. It is working to solve the problems they are protesting against, warns the Swiss intellectual who is founder and president of the World Economic Forum. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.3200 Sun, 10 Sep 2000 15:53:30 -0800 activism Australia brokenlink globalization Melbourne protest WEF WorldEconomicForum murray_kester