I would be very disappointed, even appalled, to see my name as a hero here. The notion of a "Hero" seems to be partly built into human nervous systems and is a favorite trope in stories. This idea seriously distorted and masked how Xerox PARC actually worked, for example.

OLPC has been making progress because quite a few talented people decided to take responsibility for different needs of the project. I am very proud of the Viewpoints researchers who really got behind this because they believed in it.

So there are a lot of heros, if that is the word. I think of it more as "there are a lot of enlightened people" and it bodes well for humanity when they decide to take action.

Cheers.

Alan

At 07:42 PM 11/10/2007, SmallSqueak wrote:

Hi Alan,

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-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev- bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Alan Kay Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:33 AM To: jg@laptop.org; Bert Freudenberg Cc: Squeakland list; etoys; The general-purpose Squeak developers list Subject: Re: [Etoys] OLPC mass production started

Yay!

Cheers to all!

Alan

I searched for "One Laptop Per Child Hero" and expected to see your name or Negroponte.

To my dismay, Google returned a complete stranger to me, Masi Oka.

Do you know why OLPC appointed Masi Oka, an actor and special effects specialist, as its Global Ambassador to sell its 400US$ "Give One Get One" computers.

Is the campaign "Give One Get One" the hero's idea?

Cheers,

PhiHo.