Economist, data scientist, entrepreneur, author. Fascinated by the frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty. Oh, and coffee. @GavinChait and https://gavinchait.com
I was shaking and weeping by the end of the advert for Microsoft’s new HoloLens technology. Maybe you don’t like Microsoft? Or galloping consumerism? Or corporatism, or the wealth of the elite, […]
In an alternative universe Jeremy Paxman, not David Frost, interviewed Richard Nixon in 1977. David Frost became an extremely successful comedian. His tours with Monty Python are celebrated to this day. Jeremy Paxman […]
When Kim Kardashian takes up your cause, you know you’ve hit rock bottom. “Hmmm, the website is, excuse me, my Oga at the top knows the website.” Mr Shem Obafaye, by the […]
The Crimea crisis may feel like a throwback to the Cold War, but it’s actually reflective of 21st century democracy. Democracy is defined as “a system of government by the whole population […]
Gates Foundation and KFC initiatives are better news than many understand. Rural villages in Africa are not just poor, their demography is hollowed out.
Sunday afternoon in 1990. 11 February in Port Elizabeth. The height of summer, just after schools have returned for the start of the year. The wind howls as the air tears down […]
Eventually there comes the moment when any author has to submit what they have written to the jaded palate of agencies. Friends have enjoyed what I’ve written, but one always receives a […]
Variations in pronunciation can cause moments of concern. While walking towards the village for lunch, I am often passed by chaps on scooters. They invariably yell as they pass, “Motorbike, white bitch?”
Since Friday. It has been a journey. I have written more than 16,000 words in three days. 66,900 words for the first draft. The last coming out in a cleansing burst. As […]
The small child was perched under a shelter, upon the wall of a square enclosure. “You want buy pig?” he inquired. The author, being as he was on his way back from […]
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