Wierd Inequalities

I remember reading a while ago about a small developing country, I believe it was in Africa, where people who lived without running water, electricity or traditional phones actually used cell phones. The cell phones were a cheap means of communication in the country as the towers were cheaper to put up than the full infrastructure needed for traditional phone lines. So you would have these simple fishermen, out on the lakes/sea fishing in old fishing boats by traditional means and then checking online or calling around on their cell phone to find out the market with the best price for their catch that day. It is a strange world we live in now. In fact this article suggested that with technological advances such as satellite technology and wireless communications some developing countries will skip straight to these technologies without putting the usual (and costly) infrastructure in place at all. It will certainly be interesting to see how technology changes the world. I think the last estimate I saw indicated that 1 million new people in China are getting online every month (I think, very very rapid expansion any way). This will definitely change the world. I think the next few generations will have far more global perspectives and that is going to change the world.