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Corruption in the USA is pretty bad. People here just excuse it away easily.

There is no role for the USA in multi-lateral organizations - the USA has made this clear for decades now - it should withdraw from all of them and let the rest of the world get on…

Sub-Saharan Africa is deeply humanistic, in a way that is close to unfathomable to Westeners. Scaling or "going viral" requires painstaking building of human connection. Models tha…

The honesty and bravery of the speech is remarkable - that a leader can tell those he leads painful and difficult truths - rather than tell them merely what will appease them. Ever…

I don’t think that the “nerd porn” is as negative as the writer believes. If we compare FOSS to proprietary enterprise software we see how little regard proprietary vendors often p…

South Africa has a proportional representation system for similar reasons - to recognise plurality. It has some significant downsides. It weakens the ties between a representative …

Read (and converse) voraciously and follow the directions it may lead you... Into art, philosophy, psychology, business, politics, literature. This will help you to find things you…

They are called a “smallish lender” - their balance sheet is $90 billion. We are truly in an age of mega systemic banking risk.

It is staggering to hear arguments justifying occupied land that has absolutely no connection to the uk. It shows how poorly the west still understands the evil of colonialism. Reg…

What Africa needs are institutions and infrastructure that can buy and refine gold and thereby ensure that the benefits of our resources accrue to the countries (and their people) …

Think about commercial goals, not just technical goals. What will make us successful as a business? What do our clients need? Have answers rather than questions. Many posters point…