What can you buy for $5?
by Rachel HinmanThe folks at Nokia Design have put together an interesting project: What can you buy for five dollars?
“The global spread of low cost personal communication will have a profound impact on the world around us. It will change our perception of distance and time and affect our notions of community, authority and trust. In some communities lower costs will introduce services such as personal banking for the very first time, whilst in other communities the phone will become an object that is bought and disposed of on a whim. These changes challenge ideas for the future as to what and how we manufacture, and place a greater emphasis on sustainability.
Fivedollarcomparison.org is a small step to broaden the discussion and explore how the impact might vary across cultures and contexts by asking a simple question:
What can you buy for five dollars?”
Here’s how you can participate.
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