"I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war." The 120th Psalm

The brilliant orange of the Marienplatz U-Bahn station in Munich, Germany

In 2023, I was an Instructor with Yale’s Young African Scholars program for African secondary school students Today a student I mentored is starting at University of Chicago! If you have or know an eligible student, applications for 2026 are open The program offers academic

If babies understood embarrassment, most of them would never learn to walk or speak because of the amount of failure required to improve. This was one of our first lessons in life but somehow, we forgot

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One of the most revealing days in recent history.

First, you learn the thing. Second, you learn to automate it. In AI-eaten world, your strongest temptation is invert the order, don't. You should learn the tools only after you've learnt the thing. The other path leads to posturing and being unable to do simple things when

Again. Owning the microphone is not equal to being right. Being right is equal to being right. This is why politics is a disaster.

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indeed not a typical vc play in africa. fun fact, the company’s founding ceo is now the minister of foreign affairs in benin republic. they don’t only have access to funds but also govts. i drove accross three countries last year to report the company. restofworld.org/2024/spiro-ebi…

"Rumours of Christianity's demise are always grossly exaggerated" Hiko Seijuro