CHAPTER 4
Why Technology Is Not Important—Or Is It?
(Computers Are Dumb)
Vignette: The Books Are in German
“Los libros son en Alemán,”i said Pablo.
I was in Latin America only for several weeks, and my Spanish was still very rusty, but I was sure that Pablo just said in Spanish, “The books are in German.”
This Latin American Credit Union in Guatemala City was serving farmers in need of funds to improve their crop yield and acquire farming equipment. The funds were advanced by North American and European Credit Unions in either cash or equipment. The German donation was a Philips minicomputer with some financial management software to help the credit union manage its loans.
Acting as a Canadian strategic financial consultant for COLAC,ii the Latin ...
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