The only way to take a month off is not to take a month off. Today was a work day. Tomorrow is a diving day. So writing resumes on Saturday. Still, the […]
Novel Journey 4: In which the author gets back to work
Gavin Chait
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
Novel Journey 3: In which the author goes snorkeling
It is a 20 minute walk from Dacozy to Panagsama village through the village where the folks who support the tourist industry actually live. There is one cluster of small houses where […]
Novel Journey 2: In which the author commences
I have spent years trying to come up with the first sentence and following paragraphs for the novel. I have tried every voice, even an idea of letting a group of animals […]
Novel Journey 1: In which the author goes forth
My father passed away three weeks ago. His cancer returned in May and I flew home for a few weeks to spend time with him and my mom. He had just completed […]
Egypt, Brazil, Turkey and the revolutionary implications of a Social State
In August 2006, 18 months before I would choose to leave South Africa, I was invited to speak at a gathering of technology pundits. It was still the height of the last […]
Oscar Pistorius and the heart of South Africa’s violent society
It was about 3am when the noise of a car being stealthily driven down the drive awakened him from slumber. Fearing that criminals were attempting to invade, he drew his firearm and […]
An unexpected Hush
I bought Hush one of those new life-blogging collars about a month ago. It’s the version with a GPS and wifi transmitter and takes a picture every half-a-second of whatever happens to […]
S&R Honors: Ivan Toms and Lawrie Schlemmer – what we were we still are
Waiting for a miracle “How long are you prepared to wait?” I asked. It was 1991 in the Eastern Cape city of Port Elizabeth and I was in my final year of […]
The NRA proposals trigger the Gun Event Horizon
The NRA’s press conference and suggestions were somewhat astonishing: Don’t regulate guns, regulate video games. Don’t blame gun-owners, create a database of all the mentally disabled/ill and track them. “The only thing […]
Playing Far Cry 3 in the aftermath of Sandy Hook
The Atlantic describes “Far Cry 3” as the “First Video-Game About the Millennials.” John Walker, at rockpapershotgun.com, describes it more prosaically: “A group of wretched white rich kids arrive on an island […]
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