星期三, 9月 28, 2005

Sistema Mundidos

"La tentación es grande de condenar o de ignorar aquello que nos es extraño. Es incluso posible que no nos demos cuenta siquiera de la existencia de nuevos estilos de saber, simplemente porque no corresponden a los criterios y a las definiciones que nos constituyen y que heredamos de la tradición. Igualmente tentador resulta identificar el conjunto de las tecnologías intelectuales vinculadas al computador, ciertos procedimientos contemporáneos de comunicación y de tratamiento efectivamente groseros, confundiendo así el futuro de la cultura informatizada con sus primeros balbuceos".
Pierre Lèvy. Les Technologies de l´Intelligence. p.133.


"Around the world, inequality is increasing, while the world is further globalizing. Even the wealthiest nation has the largest gap between rich and poor compared to other developed nations. In many cases, international politics and various interests have led to a diversion of available resources from domestic needs to western markets. Historically, politics and power play by the elite leaders and rulers has increased poverty and dependency. These have often manifested themselves in wars, hot and cold, which have often been trade and resource-related. Mercantilist practices, while termed free trade, still happen today. Poverty is therefore not just an economic issue, it is also an issue of political economics".

“Human development is about much more than the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about creating an environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with their needs and interests. People are the real wealth of nations. Development is thus about expanding the choices people have to lead lives that they value. And it is thus about much more than economic growth, which is only a means — if a very important one — of enlarging people's choices”. (Human Development. UN)

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