I like this move: The OLPC team, tired of their message being co-opted by geeks worrying about what operating system to install, have raised the stakes in a new web video.
I don’t think the OLPC folks are advocating doing the ol’ switcheroo—XO for AK-47—to eradicate such horrors as the ones depicted on the spot. No, I think the ad does a great job in reminding us that, hey, this project was started for a serious reason. It’s not OLPC’s fault that they spawned an entirely new laptop category with plenty of consumer frenzy and ridiculousness behind it in the process.
https://gizmodo.com/secret-origin-of-the-olpc-genius-hubris-and-the-birth-5041765
The ad is, apparently, only intended only for the internet. Although I kind of wish they’d run this next to the iPod Touch and BlackBerry Storm ads in the coveted Office/30 Rock hour for tech advertisers. [OLPC Ad on Daily Motion via Laptop, Gadget Lab]
