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October 23, 2006
Forced disconnectivity
Forced disconnectivity: North Korea as an info black hole... electricity, internet, telephony only for the high elite. (In case this New York Times article linkrots, try news search term "zeller pyongyang uzbekistan"... Manhattan's elites have some disconnects of their own.) I haven't been to North Korea, but the situation seems cruel, particularly when compared with the inspiring success of South Korea. Same people, different political benefactors, very different results. This article rambles, but pulls together current snapshots of who has access to technology, and how... it made me realize that the longterm evolution of North Korea will really show us how people adapt to technology, once it becomes available. Can a fantasy land endure? Once dissenting infoflows appear, does the society evolve as others do, or will northern Korea always be a little bit darker at night...?
Posted by JohnDowdell at October 23, 2006 06:25 AM
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