I just came across this posting of CAN Info Tech, Nepal version of our very own CES. In a way it is an encouraging display of how some of the world’s most remote and poorest places are embracing technology, even though it’s 3+ years old and mostly dated where we are.
Why did I post this? Here is why.
Even if Nepal is a country with 50%+ unemployment rate, as much as 75% of the day spent without electricity, and just over 1.5% of its population with internet access, there should be not a single reason in the world for dumb-ass companies like Sony to offload its old and dated inventory.
Just because someone is poor, starving, and uninformed, it does not give you the right to feed them moldy bread & sour milk.
Today we have a much broader range of affordable technology to avoid having to scam a poor population with our dusty inventory. It also saddens me, since a large population of Fortune 1000 companies were found and are currently led by individuals who perhaps even came from the exact same roots as Nepal or other 3rd world countries.
Sadly, this is how it is. There should be another version of the Green movement, extending large corporations’ ethic policies to include providing every “paying” customer with an equal and unbiased access to their products, offerings, and unconditional access to their current inventories. Nepal may be remote, but if you can ship your crappy bloated inventory there, you can ship your new stuff there just the same.
Blech!
P.S. I have a lot of posts from my travel, and will get to them as soon as I get my energy back. Damn stupid cold/flu/cough/infection!
Filed under: 3rd World, 3rd World, Electronics, Useless Crap
