November 2026
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I See My People, But I Don’t Hear My People
For the last couple of years, I have always felt that something was missing for me. Some kind of disconnect between my soul and the city I have lived in for many years. I am talking about Addis Ababa, the city where I have spent more of my adult life than even my hustling-bustling, fast-paced, MC Oluomo and Sego-disturbing, Malaika and Atawewe-praising Lagos Island. When I say Lagos Island, I mean Ita Faji, Agarawu, Adeniji Adele, Okepopo, Oluwole, Patey and…
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AI Will Deskill You
Yes. Sooner or later, it will. And there isn’t much that can be done about it. You’ll put up a good fight, but trust me, you will eventually be almost completely deskilled. Your productivity, however, will improve. You’ll do more with less: fewer resources, less time, even fewer hands. In some cases, your hands might be the only ones. A few days ago I was talking with a friend who is an associate professor at the University of Oslo, and…