Now all we need is the world of open source to start working with the world of child development to start writing applications that will stimulate the cognitive development of our children from an early age.

I would like to see an emergence of technologies like phonics. Free, as no child should be denied access to such things simply because of money. At the moment most of the phonics systems out there are commercial products, which to me just highlights the problems we now face in the world.

A similar argument for music and film can be made as well. If children cannot afford to pay for a record or a movie and get sued for downloading it, where will the NEXT generation of screenwriters, actors, musicians, artists etc come from? It certainly won’t be a diverse field as the only people coming into it will be those priviledged enough to have been able to afford to subscribe to the commercial market.

This will have a dramatic effect on culture as the experiences of the socially wealthy classes are far different to many of the experiences of the lower classes. Cultural diversity is something we learn from and any society that outlaws the free access to arts and culture is risking their cultural development becoming stagnant and nondiverse.

Examples of this can already be seen in the US, where instead of continuing to develop culture they are merely remaking what was doen many years before (this is particularly prevalent in the movie industry, how many remakes have their been in the last 5 years?).

Sorry I ranted a little off topic there, but I think you my point. Now where do I buy one of these laptops for my as of yet unborn child?