tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973185574831334870.post7598398483337405725..comments2023-04-05T23:21:18.152-07:00Comments on Mr Bojangles: Does India really exist?Tom Ilubehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14585791485679975205noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973185574831334870.post-64540829701433453912008-02-23T05:47:00.000-08:002008-02-23T05:47:00.000-08:00I don't know about India, but I did investigate an...I don't know about India, but I did investigate another developing economy - China - a little in the last couple of years. My kids did a school exchange for a couple of years and I also went there.<BR/><BR/>What I found was that the kids who stayed with me were very internet-savvy, and very focussed on email and chat. I didn't see much evidence of "hanging out" on the web.<BR/><BR/>What I saw in China was that a lot of internet access was in group locations (vs. from home): internet cafes, schools, institutions. Lots of shared resources. I guess there's not a lot of cable running anywhere else.<BR/><BR/>So I wonder if the type of (extensive) internet use in the UK/US is inversely correlated with household size, hours of work and social atomization? People using the legacy infrastucture (tel cables) to keep themselves connected in an increasingly socially fragmente world where they have more leisure time ...<BR/><BR/>Certainly all the Chinese folks I met spent far more time working than most Emglish people I know (despite claims that we in the UK are working harder than ever).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953510761677907611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973185574831334870.post-78932617400514278682008-02-22T16:06:00.000-08:002008-02-22T16:06:00.000-08:00the prob with india is the wires needed to get eve...the prob with india is the wires needed to get everyone online and connectivity needs electricity sometimes.<BR/><BR/>To bypass all that we need cell phone carriers to build WAN's all over and all the country to have laptops so that we can connect to each other online all the time.Ateeqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138812299974753970noreply@blogger.com