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A revolution in information technology is redefining poverty,
as how much you know is becoming just as important as how much you
own. "The Hole in the Wall" examines one possible solution to the
growing technological gap between rich and poor -- the so-called
'digital divide' -- that threatens to consign millions to an
"information underclass."
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When Indian researcher Sugata Mitra embedded a high-speed
computer in a wall separating his firm's New Delhi headquarters from
an adjacent slum, he discovered that slum children quickly taught
themselves how to surf the net, read the news, and download games and
music. Mitra then replicated the experiment in other locations. Each
time the results were similar: within hours, and without instruction,
the children began browsing the Internet.
Can children -- given only access and opportunity -- really
teach themselves the rudiments of computer literacy with no
instruction? "The Hole in the Wall" experiment, and the documentary
film that chronicles it, show the answer to be a "Yes!" Mitra
estimates that, given access to one hundred thousand computers, one
hundred million Indian children could teach themselves computer
literacy within five years. 
The film concludes by noting that the
spread of information technology is changing societies around the
world, and the implications of Mitra's experiment are profound --
particularly for poor people.