Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water. Nicholas Negroponte computerdevelopfish Change image and share on social
Access by kids to the Internet should be like kids breathing clean air. Nicholas Negroponte accessairbreathe Change image and share on social
I'm not good at selling laptops. I'm good at selling ideas. Nicholas Negroponte goodidealaptop Change image and share on social
When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children at first, and then when you say, 'children,' they will pretty quickly agree with you. Nicholas Negroponte agreechildhead share on social
The laptop brings back a more seamless kind of learning. Nicholas Negroponte backbringkind Change image and share on social
We have to make machines understand what they're doing, or they won't be able to come back and say, 'Why did you do that?' Nicholas Negroponte backmachinemake Change image and share on social
Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. Nicholas Negroponte computecomputerlive Change image and share on social
Nature is pretty good at networks, self-organizing systems. By contrast, social systems are top-down and hierarchical, from which we draw the basic assumption that organization and order can only come from centralism. Nicholas Negroponte assumptionbasiccentralism share on social
We've been working now with computers and education for 30 years, computers in developing countries for 20 years, and trying to make low-cost machines for 10 years. This is not a sudden turn down the road. Nicholas Negroponte computercostcountry share on social
By the year 2000, most Americans will be online one way or another. Nicholas Negroponte americanonlineyear Change image and share on social
