eh, i think that one pair of glasses likely leads to cross-pollinization across disciplines which does help us solve problems. in my world, negroponte can bring his laptops to africa, some education expert will bring their knowledge of teaching/classroom dynamics, etc, and all this will be brought to bear on the problem of poverty. competition of ideas will lead to the incorporation of good aspects of these theories and we'll be on our way. the fact is that existing orthodox strategies in these fields have failed which is why solutions from other disciplines are proposed.