tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13209818.post113107670047199953..comments2024-02-15T09:53:01.271+01:00Comments on Up Naira : Blockbuster lecturesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05362291064620569539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13209818.post-17096801094958523792007-11-25T03:50:00.000+01:002007-11-25T03:50:00.000+01:00Amy Smith was really cool. She is excited about t...Amy Smith was really cool. She is excited about technology and devices that solve those little nagging problems that screw up the quality of life of the less moneyed majority of the world. She is a MacArthur fellow, which is a cool thing to be. SHe's also an academic who knew early on she didn't care to get her PhD.<BR/> <BR/>The talk by the economist from Belize was also memorable; after outlining some of his thoughts on how to ACTUALLY develop a place as a project (Likely material from his book: THE POWER OF GREED with the intro - <I>Why do so many international development projects fail? Is it because poor regions are inherently corrupt, or is it because developers and donors do not properly take into account how local survival mechanisms work?</I>), after delivering his prepared notes, he took questions, such as, well, when is one's work done, if you're a do-gooder living in a foreign country? You know what he said? When you start thinking everybody doesn't make sense, everybody's crazy, because that means you're tired.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362291064620569539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13209818.post-1131476537186421782005-11-08T20:02:00.000+01:002005-11-08T20:02:00.000+01:00Actually expecting more than one ESW / ESW-CIT mem...Actually expecting more than one ESW / ESW-CIT member.<BR/>Nir, ...and Brendan.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362291064620569539noreply@blogger.com