Nicholas Negroponte on TED Talks.

Ok, so he’s a little arrogant, but I like him – I like his attitude, his vision, and he’s got the self-belief in the creation of the $100 laptop that will get it done.

He was a little tetchy – understandable, I think, based on the timing of the talk, he must have been responding to Gates being dismissive and India must have been giving them shit in private, as they announced they wouldn’t be buying any (questioning the pedagogical value).

I thought the most interesting bit was him saying (I’m bound to be mis-qouting a bit): “if it’s six months late, so what” and “if it initially costs $160, it doesn’t matter…the price will come down)