on low-tech

This is an extract of a conversation i had with totoro last week on regarding the relevance of investing in low-tech.

Seems to me that everyone including developing countries are obsessed with hi-tech solutions. Whereas this might be a good model for developed economies, it might no the the most wise solution for undeveloped areas, such as the south of Mexico and similar latin-american zones.

We would rather need low-tech barebones replicable technology from which people can generate micro-economies to autofinance themselves and solve their own local problems; instead of being subsidized by outside aid as we have been doing for years now.

Un gran reto que tenemos para areas sub-desarrolladas.

Debemos orientar a nuestros ingenieros, emprendedores y dise–adores a crear nuevas soluciones y “baja-tecnologias” replicables para promover el micro-financiamiento y micro-empresas de zonas sub-desarrolladas.

La idea es proveer a personas en pobreza, una oportunidad de desarrollar su propia micro-economia con soluciones distintas a las tradicionales que no les están dando resultado (agricultura, artesania, etc).

La “baja-tecnologia” que necesitamos proveer debe de ayudar a estas personas a agregar valor a su estilo de vida, preservar su cultura y resolver sobrellevar sus propios retos.Nuestra cultura y educacion empuja a las personas en zonas en pobreza a creer que deben de dejar de hacer lo que hacen para migrar y tomar otra profesion.

La solucion no esta en migracion ni cambio de cultura sino en el progreso local.

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  1. avatar Allen Taylor Says:

    I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

    Allen Taylor

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