Category: Technology
Boralani Watches the Google Cable
When the American Samoa Government signed a new agreement with Google to support a submarine fiber project known locally as Le Vasa, it looked, at first glance, like a story for another island chain. American Samoa is a U.S. territory…. Read more Boralani Watches the Google Cable
Boralani: Small is Beautiful
Oxford-trained economist E. F. Schumacher’s book “Small is Beautiful” was first published in 1973. Schumacher argues that modern industrial economics is fundamentally mis-scaled: it treats limitless growth, maximum efficiency, and ever-larger systems as virtues, even when they erode human dignity, exhaust… Read more Boralani: Small is Beautiful
Why Boralani’s Schools Are Saying “Not Too Fast” on Computers
Across the Pacific and beyond, debates are intensifying around how much technology belongs in classrooms. A recent article by neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath in The Free Press argues that the more schools digitize, the worse students perform — not because… Read more Why Boralani’s Schools Are Saying “Not Too Fast” on Computers
Lanu Vai Hospital Receives New X-Ray Equipment
The hospital in Boralani’s capital, Lanu Vai, has installed a new digital X-ray machine, marking a significant upgrade to the island’s diagnostic capacity. The equipment arrived through Vai Bay earlier this month and has now been installed in a renovated… Read more Lanu Vai Hospital Receives New X-Ray Equipment
Signals from the Shore: Starlink, Shortwave, and What We Let In
From the bluff above the harbor you can now see it clearly on Boralani: a white dish bolted to a roof, angled toward a sky that used to belong only to weather. Starlink arrived quietly. No ceremony. No speeches. Someone… Read more Signals from the Shore: Starlink, Shortwave, and What We Let In