[lug] One laptop per child

[dio2002 at indra.com]

> dio2002 at indra.com wrote:
>
> [I took some of this off-list with David, as I think this is far-afield
> of our topic for this list.

Agreed..

> But I wanted to reply to just one point
> here, briefly.]

>>> People look after their own best interests.  Period.  If these guys
>>> feel
>>> better, wake up happy, and generally have shinier hair and gleaming
>>> white teeth because they're shipping laptops to the third world, more
>>> power to 'em.
>>
>> Mostly Agree.
>>
>> I do know others that do look after other then their own interests
>> though.
>>  So people like that do exist.
>>
>> curious - where do you fit in your own view of the world? would you
>> classify yourself as one who purely looks after his own interests?
>
> Yes.  But probably not in the sense that might indicate.  The
> sterotypical "person who only looks after their own interests" is a
> cold-hearted person driven by power, or money or something like that.
>
> My interests are not necessarily good or bad, smart or ignorant, or even
> accurately understood, even by myself.  But they're mine.  They're the
> reason I get up in the morning and go do something.
>
> I believe that we all do things because we have a personal interest in
> them.

Fair enough..

lets put this thread to rest :-)...