Defusing Africa's Population Bomb

  The front page of New York Times last Sunday, informed readers that “in a quarter-century, at the rate Nigeria is growing, 300 million people—a population about as big as that of the present-day United States—will live in a country the size of Arizona and New Mexico.” The capital alone houses 21 million people and has all the accompanying strains—ungodly traffic, potential for political unrest, upward pressure on food prices, insufficient hospital capacities—which the article uses as an example of how a “population...

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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

"I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I...

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Hatch 2.0

Okay…Okay…New Blog. Thanks for coming 'homie' I was just gonna talk about the old blog and why I'm putting up a new one but you see...I don't wanna bore you. I'm still going to bore you sha. i have no choice. I originally planned that the first post on this blog would be -you know- mind blowing and all that...but again...I might never be able to pull that off till this blog too dies a natural death. [this could even be the only post] + [ I'm not sure yet if I'm going to even publish this one] *sighs* I just want you to read this...

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