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Iqbal Quadir discovered that communication has a dramatic, positive, effect on a GDP.
He devised a way of getting mobile phones into the hands of the population of Bangladesh. This resulted in a significant boost in people's productivity and wealth.
It follows that deploying StarLink throughout the third world would have a similar beneficial effect. Here is Iqbal speaking at a TED conference 15 years ago:-
I would be very grateful if you could pass this message on to Elon Musk as it demonstrates a proven way to provide technology to third world people.
He devised a way of getting mobile phones into the hands of the population of Bangladesh. This resulted in a significant boost in people's productivity and wealth.
It follows that deploying StarLink throughout the third world would have a similar beneficial effect. Here is Iqbal speaking at a TED conference 15 years ago:-
I would be very grateful if you could pass this message on to Elon Musk as it demonstrates a proven way to provide technology to third world people.
