Semantics aside, I agree with the particulars of what providing cell phones (in a functional sense) to a town that can't manufacture them itself comprises.
And I'm willing to use that definition of "part of my community" in this conversation if you like, though of course there are many implications of that phrase which don't apply to the scenario in question, so we should be careful about connotations.
I'm not sure why it matters, though. Does something additional follow from that town now being part of my community (in this sense)? If so, perhaps it would be useful to state that consequence explicitly, because I'm not seeing it.
Sure. The reason I made this distinction is this: we were discussing whether it's possible to have an advanced and well-meaning society give a technology to a sadly benighted, less-advanced society, and not thereby cause more suffering.
Well, I think that question depends on what exactly is entailed by causing the less-advanced society to have a technology they didn't previously have. I think to do that, the more-advanced society has to intervene in the less-advanced society to a greater degree than just showing up, saying "here, take this", and l...
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