Geek Heresy (58 page)
Authors: Kentaro Toyama
questioning the value of,
255(n40)
randomized controlled trials,
8
,
12
,
31
,
77–82
recommended use of technology,
114–121
reform movement,
275(n5)
return on investment,
142–149
,
263(n43)
rote learning, sustainability,
146–149
teaching to the test,
94–95
technology policy,
116–118
technology strategy for schools,
119–121
,
248(n25)
upgrading technology or skills,
122–125
variety of experience,
257(n46)
See also
Ashesi University
;
Capacity building
;
Gamification
;
Mentorship
;
Shanti Bhavan school
;
Technology Access Foundation
Egg-drop contest,
211
Effort, role in outcomes.
See
Luck
Ehrenreich, Barbara,
244–245(n52)
Elections,
62–64
,
170
.
See also
Democracy
Ellerman, David,
272(n14)
Ellison, Larry,
94
Ellul, Jacques,
23–24
Emotional intelligence,
132–133
,
252(n16)
.
See also
Heart, mind, and will
Employment, computer literacy and,
19–20
.
See also
Microcredit
;
Poverty alleviation
Enlightened self-interest,
253–254(n23)
Entertainment,
18–19
,
23–24
,
31
,
122–123
,
230(n13)
,
248–249(n2)
.
See also
Video games
Entrepreneurship.
See
Business and entrepreneurship
;
Social enterprise
Environmental issues,
23
,
72
,
134
,
215–216
Esteem needs,
163–164
.
See also
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Ethics,
93
,
132–133
,
153
,
172–173
,
250(n10)
,
263–264(n44)
,
274–275(n4)
Ethiopia: Digital Green partnerships,
25
,
110
Evil, explaining,
261(n25)
Existentialism, technological,
56
Expanding circles,
130
,
165–166
,
250(n10)
External circumstances
individual achievement and,
93
,
169
,
173–174
,
265(n3)
,
265–266(n5)
Maslow’s hierarchy,
165
See also
Luck
Extracurricular activities,
14
,
141
,
146
,
192–193
,
257(n46)
Facebook,
x
,
16
,
32–35
,
37
,
41
,
46–47
,
53
,
55
,
67
,
152
.
See also
Social media
Family connections,
148
,
250(n11)
,
257(n52)
Farmer, Paul,
254(n25)
Farmer Field Schools,
207
The fear of missing out (FOMO),
41
,
234(n7)
Feudal systems,
237(n20)
Financial crisis (2007–2008),
61
,
97
Finland: student achievement,
13
First Law of Robotics, Asimov’s,
217
,
276–277(n16)
The Flickering Mind
(Oppenheimer),
10
,
228(n17)
Florida, Richard,
186–187
.
See also
Creative class
Ford Foundation,
86
Foreign aid,
72
,
198
.
See also
International development
Foreign direct investment,
183–185
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
(Prahalad),
82–84
Foundation and Earth
(Asimov),
277(n16)
Foundation for International Community Assistance,
71
France: compassionate class,
190
Franklin, Benjamin,
276(n8)
Franzen, Jonathan,
86
Free will, illusion of,
264(n45)
,
265(n3)
Free-PC,
48
Fukuyama, Francis,
276(n15)
Gaddafi, Muammar,
33
Games, computerized.
See
Video games
Gamification,
54
,
247–248(n20)
Gandhi, Mohandas,
276(n8)
Gandhi, Rikin,
25
,
103–112
,
129
,
162
.
See also
Digital Green
Gates, Bill,
v
,
vi
,
14
,
49
,
162
,
183
,
184
Gender equality,
63–64
,
181
.
See also
Women and girls
Generation Me
(Twenge),
262(n33)
George, Abraham,
140
,
146
,
162
.
See also
Shanti Bhavan school
Ghana
Ashesi University,
125–129
,
149–150
,
152–153
,
159–162
Digital Green partnerships,
110
Soronko,
151–152
Ghonim, Wael,
32–33
,
35
,
37
,
67
,
72
Gingrey, Phil,
42
Gladwell, Malcolm,
36
Glenn, John,
104
Glennerster, Rachel,
236–237(n14)
Global Polio Eradication Initiative,
65
,
238(n27)
Goleman, Daniel,
252(n16)
Governance
NREGA and technology,
112–114
European Enlightenment,
96–98
mass values,
187–188
packaged interventions,
69
repressive regimes, technology assisting,
23
technology amplifying power,
31–32
women’s status,
178
See also
Corruption
;
Democracy and democratization
Grameen Foundation,
247(n16)
Grassroots collective action,
50–52
.
See also
Collective action
Green Foundation,
106–107
Grit,
135
Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
43
,
88
,
95
,
97
,
176
,
187
,
216
,
245(n56)
Gross National Happiness,
87–88
“Gross National Wisdom,”
172–191
Group intrinsic growth,
136–139
,
174–191
Happiness,
87–91
,
137
,
166
,
244(nn45
,
51)
,
244–245(n52)
,
245(n54)
Hatch, John,
71
Health and health care
cost containment through technology,
42–44
government subsidies,
86–87
group intrinsic growth,
136–137
health systems,
136–137
,
254(n25)
heart, mind, and will,
111–112
I-TECH and PEPFAR,
136–139
mentorship initiatives,
207
packaged interventions,
64–65
,
69
,
238–239(n37)
telecenters,
104–105
vaccines,
64–65
Heart, mind, and will,
111–112
,
129–132
Ashesi University students,
127
,
129–130
character strengths,
253(n20)
education and,
143–146
external conditions and intrinsic growth,
173–174
growth and progress in,
172–173
,
209–210
,
253(n22)
growth of India’s high-tech sector,
185
internalization of,
252–253(n17)
national health-care systems,
138–139
orthogonality of,
135–136
,
253(n23)
personal initiative and effort,
250–251(n13)
personal transition to social activism,
154–155
self-improvement,
174–177
social change,
132–133
synonyms for,
132
transcending fiscal incentives,
155–156
virtue building blocks,
135–136
voluntary life change,
156–159
,
263(n40)
See also
Discernment
;
Intention
;
Intrinsic growth
;
Self-control
Heckman, James,
252(n16)
,
263(n43)
Heeks, Richard,
72
Heilbroner, Robert,
20–21
,
229(n2)
Helping People Help Themselves
(Ellerman),
272(n14)
Hernández Caballero, Eva Yanet,
59
Hierarchy of needs.
See
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Hierarchy of aspirations,
165–168
.
See also
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL),
83
,
242(n25)
Hole-in-the-Wall project,
11–12
,
122–123
,
125
,
228(n24)
Honor code: Ashesi University,
153
