"Do you know what appropriate technology means? It means good things for rich people and shit for the poor," the priest growled...Farmer got hold of a pamphlet about how to equip labs in third world places published by the World Health Organization. It made modest recommendations. You could make do with only one sink. If it wasn't easy to arrange for electricity, you could rely on solar power. A homemade solar-powered microscope would serve for most purposes. He threw the booklet away. The first microscope in Cange was a real one, which he stole from Harvard Medical School. "Redistributive justice," he'd later say. "We were just helping them not go to hell"引自第90页
Several points:
- For big organizations such as WHO which holds huge power and resource, pls do things based on practical target. No matter it's in 1 or 10 years, you must know what your decision leads to ultimately.
- When you are firmed about what you want to get and the value or humanity behind (to back you up), you can get it by all means, even it's not a "right" thing to do.