Travelers Tales
Stories from my travels, connecting the dots from what I see in different communities, societies and countries and adding them up to my own forthcoming book on the idea of a "winning civilization"
How Ricky Thomson and his friends created SafeBoda
Ricky Rapa Thomson, a co-founder of Uganda’s first ride-hailing app SafeBoda, told me just how he and his friends digitized...
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Reflections at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda
A visit to the Kigali Genocide memorial taught me a bit more on the origins of racism and how to...
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How fast can China recover from covid-19?
Notes on some of the raw economic numbers from the Wuhan virus 2020 vs SARS 2003, for scenario painting purposes...
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Bermuda’s real story is not even finance
The most important characteristic of Bermuda that hit me during a recent visit was not the fact that it is...
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Postcard from Kurdistan refugee camps
I had the pleasure of joining the members of Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation, an NGO on their field trip to two...
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The story of Tang Emperor Xuanzong and mistress Yang Guifei
This is the view from the bedroom chamber. 1300 years ago, same thing. The story of Tang Emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗...
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