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Nicholas Negroponte, ex-head of MIT media labs and the driving force behind OLPC is claiming that his brainchild, the $100 laptop, is as vital to a child as a pencil. After a rash of recent press attacking the fundamentals of his project, Negroponte tagged the following soundbite to his response to those who doubt the project’s fundamental premises:

“I wonder if you would advocate one pencil per classroom, or a special room for all pencils, called a ‘writing room’.“

This is not the first time that his line has been trotted out by the OLPC. I came across this first whilst reading the FAQ section of their website:

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