There’s a book, The Charisma Machine (

aserr • last Sunday at 11:02 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

There’s a book, The Charisma Machine (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537445/the-charisma-machine/), that examines outcomes from multiple OLPC initiatives and covers many of the failings.

bigthymer • last Monday at 1:49 AM

A youtube talk about the book for the lazy\busy

ChrisArchitect • last Sunday at 11:17 PM

Some of the more recent lookbacks with anecdotes and takes:

The Charisma Machine: The life, death, and legacy of One Laptop per Child (2022)

OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world (2018)

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