Geek Heresy (57 page)

Cohen, Roger,
32–33

Cold chain of vaccine delivery,
65

Coleman, James,
145
,
256(n42)

Collective action.
See also
Self-help groups

Collectivism, individualism and,
93

Colombia: One Laptop Per Child,
8

Communications

      
Arab Spring suppression of,
33–34

      
cyberbalkanization,
47

      
history of technologies,
7–8

      
latent desires driving habits,
40–41

      
management,
44–46

      
personal and political interaction,
46–47

      
telecenters,
105

      
texting,
25
,
56
,
69
,
235(n33)

      
unintended consequences,
56

      
See also
Mobile phones
;
Social media

Community efforts.
See
Collective action
;
Mentorship

Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) project,
247(n16)

Compartamos Banco (Mexico),
58–60
,
66–67
,
236(n7)

Compassionate class,
188–191
,
270(n48)
.
See also
Self-transcendence

Computer literacy,
9
,
17–20
,
27–28
,
105
,
122–124

Computer programming classes,
114–115
,
120–121
,
125–127
,
248(n25)

Computers and society.
See
Technology and society

Confucianism,
96
,
214
,
266(n7)

Consequentialist virtue ethics,
213–214
,
274–275(n4)

Consumer culture,
96–97
,
177–178

Consumption capacity,
82–84

Consumption smoothing,
59
.
See also
Microcredit

Contextualists, technological,
20–21
,
24

      
Actor-Network Theory,
231(n23)

      
defining,
24

      
Law of Amplification,
30

      
responsibility for the impacts of technology,
56

      
See also
Technology and society

Continual partial attention,
23
,
231(n18)

Cookstoves,
72–73

The Corrections
(Franzen),
86

Corruption

      
Ashesi University,
153

      
government transparency,
31–32

      
India,
112–113
,
177
,
237(n20)

      
mentorship’s resistance to,
202
,
271–272(n12)

      
systematic and venal,
266(n10)

      
US struggle against,
177–178

      
See also
Democracy and democratization
;
Governance

Creative class,
166
,
186–187
,
190–191

Credit.
See
Microcredit

Critical thinking skills,
11
,
13–14
,
137

Cuban, Larry,
7

Cultural capital,
131
,
142
,
250(n11)

Cultural relativism,
169
,
177
,
263–264(n44)

Culture of poverty,
249(n8)

Cure-all.
See
Panacea

Curriculum

      
computer programming in,
120–121

      
digital tools failing to incorporate,
31

      
need for adult guidance,
14–15

      
technological fads,
7–8

      
See also
Education and training

Cyberbalkanization,
47

Daedalus,
xvi

Danel, Carlos,
66–67

Darrow, Benjamin,
7

Davidson, Richard,
88
,
243(n41)

Debt, household,
60–61
.
See also
Microcredit

Deci, Edward,
157
,
261(n24)

Delay of gratification,
173
,
252(n15)
.
See also
Self-control

Democracy and democratization

      
comparison to free market,
48

      
education,
255–256(n40)

      
elections,
62–64
,
170
,
237(n20)

      
end of history,
276(n15)

      
European Enlightenment,
96–97

      
institutional requirements,
62
,
237(n21)

      
intrinsic growth required for,
134

      
mass values,
187–188

      
See also
Governance
;
Modernization

Dependence, culture of,
85
.
See also
Charity

Destinationism,
93

Determinism, technological,
20–21
,
229(n2)
,
230(n13)

Development, social and economic

      
developed country commonalities,
178–182
,
266–267(n11)

      
group intrinsic growth,
136–139
,
174–191

      
microcredit programs,
59–60

      
national development,
172–191
,
268(n20)

      
patterns of progress,
266–267(n11)

      
See also
Economics
;
Intrinsic growth
;
Poverty alleviation

Development Alternatives organization,
199

Development as Freedom
(Sen),
243(n44)

Developmental psychology,
161–164

Dictator (game),
144–145
,
258(n2)

Diener, Ed,
244(n50)

Diggi, Jayshree,
195–196
,
199
,
207

Digital divide,
3–4
,
47–49
,
54
,
117
,
234(n24)

Digital Green,
223
,
247(n9)

      
birth of,
106–108
,
162

      
building human capacity,
206

      
effectiveness of,
247(n15)

      
heart, mind, and will in implementers and beneficiaries,
111–112

      
long-term effect and expansion,
25–26

      
optimizing packaged interventions,
108–109

      
Pradan initiatives,
195–196

      
scaling up,
109–111

      
See also
Gandhi, Rikin

Digital natives,
10–11
.
See also
Children

Digital StudyHall,
247(n9)

Digital surveillance,
52
.
See also
Censorship

Dimitrov, Martin,
51

Disability,
128

Discernment,
111–112
,
131
,
135–136
,
158
,
250(n12)
,
252(n16)
,
253–254(n23)
.
See also
Heart, mind, and will

Disease eradication,
65
,
83
.
See also
Health

Downer, Ann,
136–138
,
207

Dowries,
19–20
,
175

Driver, Julia,
274(n4)
,
275(n5)

Dudamel, Gustavo,
194

Duflo, Esther,
77–78
,
82
,
236–237(n14)
,
240–241(n14)
,
240(n8)
,
271(n9)

The Dumbest Generation
(Bauerlein),
10

Duncan, Arne,
10
,
12–13
,
117

Dutch disease,
158
,
259(n9)

Dweck, Caro,
250(n12)

Dybul, Mark,
136–137

Dziko, Trish Millines,
114–115
,
162

Easterly, William,
213
,
236(n1)

Ebola,
254(n25)

Echeverría Álvarez, Luis,
193

Economics

      
behavioral economics,
143–145
,
258(n2)

      
critique of,
95
,
155–156
,
169
,
263(n41)

      
development,
x
,
170
,
174–188
,
189
,
196
,
245(n61)
,
255(n40)
,
268(n20)

      
education,
142–145
,

      
European Enlightenment,
96–98

      
happiness,
88

      
health care,
42–44
,
137–138

      
India’s high-tech economy,
182–185

      
studies of education,
8
,
12
,
31
,
77–82

      
studies of microcredit,
59–61

      
mainstream economics,
82

      
measurement,
91–92

      
mobile phones and development,
x

      
technological determinism of,
20

      
See also
Business and entrepreneurship
;
Incentives
;
Inequality
;
Randomized controlled trials
;
Social enterprise, Tech Commandments

Education and training

      
adult education,
122–125

      
classroom management,
115–116
,
118–119

      
computer literacy,
9
,
17–20
,
105
,
122–125

      
computer programming,
114–115
,
120–121
,
125–127
,
248(n25)

      
democracy,
255–256(n40)

      
early childhood,
77–80
,
240(n10)
,
263(n43)

      
girls’ education,
142–146
,
263(n43)

      
Indian Institute of Technology,
183–185

      
India’s Backward Class,
139–142

      
intrinsic growth effects,
143–146

      
lack of technical support for faculty and staff,
5–7

      
microcredit beneficiaries,
67–68
,
71–72

      
nonformal education,
77–80
,
240(n10)

      
parental status and achievement,
250–251(n13)

      
poverty alleviation,
67–68