A US delegation recently arrived in North Korea, headed by Bill Richardson and Eric Schmidt. In tow was Sophie Schmidt, daughter of the tech mogul, who wrote an interesting account of her trip. She posted a few interesting pictures and a few anecdotes. The most interesting tidbit occurred in the tech lab
No doubt these subjects were given strict instructions on how to act when the delegation arrived. One wonders what there actual job is and where they were herded off to once the performance was over.
- The Kim Il Sung University e-Library, or as I like to call it, the e-Potemkin Village
Looks great, right? All this activity, all those monitors. Probably 90 desks in the room, all manned, with an identical scene one floor up.One problem: No one was actually doing anything. A few scrolled or clicked, but the rest just stared. More disturbing: when our group walked in--a noisy bunch, with media in tow--not one of them looked up from their desks. Not a head turn, no eye contact, no reaction to stimuli. They might as well have been figurines.
No doubt these subjects were given strict instructions on how to act when the delegation arrived. One wonders what there actual job is and where they were herded off to once the performance was over.
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