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Aug 5

Nigeria and The Prisoner’s Dilemma

The Prisoner’s Dilemma is an excellent framework, and it can help understand why some societies “work” and some don’t. All of civilization is basically an iterative game of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. In societies that “work”, people follow the rules because they BELIEVE everyone else will do the same (and if…

Nigeria

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Nigeria and The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Nigeria and The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Nigeria

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Mar 15

Of Apple and Unknown Possibilities

Imagine a world without Apple; where only Microsoft made computers. There’d be no iPhone, and Windows UX would look a lot less interesting. Samsung would not have grown as big as it is today as it would not have learnt what it needed to make products targeted at the premium…

Johari Window

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Of Apple and Other Unknown Possibilities
Of Apple and Other Unknown Possibilities
Johari Window

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Mar 13

Lagos: A Study in The Paradox of Wealth

Of the 54 countries in Africa, only 8 (including Nigeria) are richer than Lagos State. Of the 15 ECOWAS member states, only Ghana’s economy is as large as that of Lagos. …

Lagos

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Lagos: A Study in The Paradox of Wealth
Lagos: A Study in The Paradox of Wealth
Lagos

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Jun 18, 2022

When the kingmaker wants to be king

@KadariaAhmed raises a very important point in this interview. The interesting thing is, this is the same reason Tinubu would also make a horrible president. These…

Osinbajo

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When the kingmaker wants to be king
When the kingmaker wants to be king
Osinbajo

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May 29, 2022

The Myth of Cultural Appropriation

I’d always suspected the term “cultural appropriation” was invented and propagated by some white dude. I was right. Because you know who never complains about their culture being appropriated? White people. The five countries that set world culture Global influence is often measured by military, political or economic might, but for some countries, it's the strength…www.bbc.com Question: What’s the opposite of “cultural appropriation”? The fact that I’m writing this in English should tell you something.

Cultural Appropriation

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The Myth of Cultural Appropriation
The Myth of Cultural Appropriation
Cultural Appropriation

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Jan 16, 2022

My Pitch for Matrix IV

What if, instead of this monstrosity called Matrix Resurrections, Warner Bros had simply gone for a prequel TV series, showing how The Matrix came to be? Allow me to elaborate. Instead of trying to continue a story that (for all intents and purposes) had been successfully wrapped up two decades…

The Matrix

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My Pitch for Matrix IV
My Pitch for Matrix IV
The Matrix

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Aug 8, 2021

Nigeria & the Global Graduate: A Rant

I once applied for a job in a multinational in Lagos and the interviewer was so excited at how I’d aced the SHL tests… until she learned my age. As you might have guessed, as a Nigerian I was a bit older than the average global graduate. She (from…

Nigerian Education

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Nigerian Education

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Jul 24, 2021

The best thing you can do for your [financial] future at various ages/stages of your life…

They say hindsight is twenty-twenty. When you look back at various phases in your life, it’s easier to see what went well and what could have been better. So here are some thoughts on how I would design a perfect life, financially speaking. There have been books written about this…

Life Lessons

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The best thing you can do for your [financial] future at various ages/stages of your life…
The best thing you can do for your [financial] future at various ages/stages of your life…
Life Lessons

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Nov 7, 2020

“Change begins with you and I.” Sure.

A close friend shared one of those seemingly innocuous stories in a WhatsApp group I’m in. The story went something like this: HEADMASTER: how much is passport photograph for children? PHOTOGRAPHER: the price for the passport is N100 per child HEADMASTER: class teacher go & inform the pupils that they…

Nigeria

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Change begins with you and I. Sure.
Change begins with you and I. Sure.
Nigeria

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