Unfortunately, the lack the industriousness of the Chinese people is certain to hinder the velocity of innovation we'd see with a purely Ethiopian effort. People don't eschew the "Made in China" label without reason. With hand tools for example, I started with Chinese made Harbor Freight in my 20's, German in my 30's, now it's either Ethiopian tools or "I'm not doing this project".
That was merciful. You went easy on that guy, mentioning only items of cultural and religious significance. Next time hit him with the big guns - Ethiopian contributions to theoretical physics, chemistry, architecture, engineering, philosophy, industry, computer science, and pure mathematics.
To be fair, it can have a gigantic culture, have been super influential historically, scientifically, and culturally speaking with smart, educated people... and still be completely in ruins and have 0 ways to actually enforce any rule of law. Syria for example, is exactly like that.
All those so-called contributions, yet they can’t save themselves from a $925 GDP per capita and 69% of people being classified as “multidimensionally poor” [1].
Ethiopia is a typical useless African nation marred by excessive corruption and mindless tribalism.
I wonder if Ethiopians can also survive by giving up all the elements invented in the Western and Asian world…they can’t.
Ethiopians inventing a few things here and there is of no use if it’s a country where the majority lives in poverty because of corruption and violence caused by brainless tribalism.
Typical excuse for African nations run by morons elected by an equally moronic populace.
Many formerly colonized countries achieved unprecedented levels of success.
But in Africa where corruption and tribal violence is hindering development, the foolish kleptocrats running the show always try to hoodwink their population by blaming long dead and gone colonialist powers.
This is going to sideline dozens of automobiles. What effect will this have on Ethiopia's industrial production capacity, upon which the rest of the world depends?
Psychometrics is the crown jewel of the field of psychology. There is no controversy among the psychometrists themselves that the body of academic work is numerate, correct, and repeatable. The author has chosen moral crusade over the quest for truth.
I read the book when it was published and haven't kept up with his doings since; but I'm curious now and will look it up. Watching his talks made me think he's an autist to a mild degree, and social taboos seem to wield less behavioral authority over those types; e.g. - Eric S. Raymond
I bet Bostrom's royalty checks have seen a handsome rebound lately.
It’s a form of locking in customers. If I get a flat that I can’t plug myself, I don’t necessarily want to have to go back to any particular tire chain and argue over whether the tire is 55% worn or 45% worn.
We once got the tire policy included at no cost during a promotion. Got a flat that I couldn’t plug. I measured the tread with my treadwear gauge and unsurprisingly, their measurements came up short. When I pulled out my gauge and insisted we go out to check them, low and behold it turns out the tech had “made an honest mistake”.
At one apartment/job combo I would manage to lose a tire every 7-10 months.
Bonus points; I drive an AWD vehicle that requires replacement of all 4 tires if tread is too worn. When this happened I only had to pay prorated on the other 3... definitely paid for itself every time!
Becoming one of the best ever is only possible if your IQ is one of the best ever. There is going to be some biological upper limit. Minds like Torvalds, Richie, Thompson are rare; and there is nothing you can do to reach that level if your own source code isn't on the same level. However, there is a lot of great advice here in the comments that can take you to your full potential, whatever that may be. That's important too, because it's sure easy to keep yourself well below that level.
Go to YouTube and search for "Big Think Larry Wall" and "Big Think Bjarne Stroustrup" and listen to a couple of the greats.
