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The right to connectivity | Nicholas Negroponte | TEDxInstitutLeRosey

1,270 views · Published 20 November 2014 · 19:20 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In the 1980s when Nicholas Negroponte began to use the network that was later to develop into the Internet, he was one of only 100 users across the world, and was considered foolish in predicting that there would be a billion users by 2000.  He now pleads for the right of all people across the world to have free connectivity, and in the process highlights the amazing ability of people in even the most deprived communities to manipulate technology.

Nicholas is the founder of The MIT Media Lab, as well as the founder of the One Laptop per Child Association.

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