Lift Asia videos are here
Posted: October 1st, 2008 | 5 Comments »Bruce Sterling’s speech is the first to go online. He talks about how the poor are moving to cities, using mobile technologies (“there is no such thing as a mobile phone divide!”) to access services like payment. His talk – and especially the part where he advices South Koreans to prepare for an influx of poverty once the Northern regime collapses – has moved a large part of the audience, leaving a strange silence in the room as we came out for the break.
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The videos will be added to the Lift talks page, but you can already find a few more by cheating on Google Video ;)
Thanks, Bruce is as inspiring as usual.
Mobiles and the urban poor…
Bruce Sterling’s talk at LIFT Asia, about how the poor are moving to cities, using mobile technologies (”there is no such thing as a mobile phone divide!”) to access services like payment, was impressive. But what made it simply……
[...] According to LIFT organiser Laurent Haug he moved a large part of the audience, leaving a strange silence in the room as they came out for the break. [...]
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[...] Stando all’organizzatore di LIFT Laurent Haug Bruce Sterling ha toccato una gran parte del pubblico, lasciando uno strano silenzio nella stanza quando è uscito per la pausa.. [...]