I thought that the secret of "Don't Fight Culture" From
Ethan Zuckerman’s post ‘
Innovating from constraint‘, was a very important point that too many people will overlook in their social innovations. Humans are habit forming and proud of their heritage.
By introducing something to a people that doesn't embrace who they are and how they do, it is destined to fail. That is why it is so important to really be immersed in a culture for a period of time to really understand the people in order to bring them solutions!
Obviously that is impossible for most of us, but you can start with ideas such as living off of $2 per day such as in
Amy Smith's post on
rules for design in the developing world. This will help you realize the mind-state and condition these far away cultures are living in right in your own town.
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