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Last June I went to Malawi for vacation. Naturally, I figured in 2.5 weeks I could probably solve Africa's problems along the way. That's not exactly the way things turned out.
@talraviv talraviv.org like, actually on the lake he was fishing in his canoe and I was paddling around my hostel’s free board we talked for an hour and I got sunburnt
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts, but there’s 3+ levels of community arbitration
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts, but there’s 3+ levels of community arbitration before it reaches the magistrate
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts, but there’s 3+ levels of community arbitration before it reaches the magistrate • Financially: The heads of each family
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts, but there’s 3+ levels of community arbitration before it reaches the magistrate • Financially: The heads of each family contribute money
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts, but there’s 3+ levels of community arbitration before it reaches the magistrate • Financially: The heads of each family contribute money to a common village account.
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts, but there’s 3+ levels of community arbitration before it reaches the magistrate • Financially: The heads of each family contribute money to a common village account. They can take out at 10% interest
@talraviv talraviv.org Here’s some ways Chindozwa works: • Socially: extended families take care of one another’s children, esp in case of death • Judicially: There’s government courts, but there’s 3+ levels of community arbitration before it reaches the magistrate • Financially: The heads of each family contribute money to a common village account. They can take out at 10% interest to invest in housing/agriculture/business/etc.
@talraviv talraviv.org So I took a step back and thought what is GDP per capita anyways it’s how much money moves around divided by the number of people
@talraviv talraviv.org So I took a step back and thought what is GDP per capita anyways it’s how much money moves around divided by the number of people as a proxy for value
@talraviv talraviv.org So I took a step back and thought what is GDP per capita anyways it’s how much money moves around divided by the number of people as a proxy for value and economic success
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Where there’s an app for buying groceries, hitchhiking,
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Where there’s an app for buying groceries, hitchhiking, finding love,
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Where there’s an app for buying groceries, hitchhiking, finding love, buying weed, booking a therapist,
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Where there’s an app for buying groceries, hitchhiking, finding love, buying weed, booking a therapist, and catching up with your friends’ days.
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Whose most successful people are far from their families,
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Whose most successful people are far from their families, over-specialized,
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Whose most successful people are far from their families, over-specialized, & lonely as fuck.
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Whose most successful people are far from their families, over-specialized, & lonely as fuck. Lonelier than they even know.
@talraviv talraviv.org https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_Ladies.jpg Yes, America. Whose most successful people are far from their families, over-specialized, & lonely as fuck. Lonelier than they even know. Because they don’t even know what to compare to.
@talraviv talraviv.org A country whose cultural elite’s best attempts at solving this include leaving everything behind to go to a desert and live in primitive camps
@talraviv talraviv.org A country whose cultural elite’s best attempts at solving this include leaving everything behind to go to a desert and live in primitive camps and provide value to one another
@talraviv talraviv.org A country whose cultural elite’s best attempts at solving this include leaving everything behind to go to a desert and live in primitive camps and provide value to one another without money
@talraviv talraviv.org WITTGENSTEIN’S RULER “Don’t just use your beliefs to measure reality, but also use reality to measure your beliefs. If the idiot keeps getting it right,
@talraviv talraviv.org WITTGENSTEIN’S RULER “Don’t just use your beliefs to measure reality, but also use reality to measure your beliefs. If the idiot keeps getting it right, it might not be them who is the idiot.”
@talraviv talraviv.org WITTGENSTEIN’S RULER “Don’t just use your beliefs to measure reality, but also use reality to measure your beliefs. If the idiot keeps getting it right, it might not be them who is the idiot.” @george__mack via Twitter (paraphrasing Nasim Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness)
@talraviv talraviv.org something i observed when traveling around Malawi I was one of very few travelers there on holiday. Almost all foreigners I met served as volunteers.
@talraviv talraviv.org something i observed when traveling around Malawi I was one of very few travelers there on holiday. Almost all foreigners I met served as volunteers. Others were doctors in training from Europe,
@talraviv talraviv.org something i observed when traveling around Malawi I was one of very few travelers there on holiday. Almost all foreigners I met served as volunteers. Others were doctors in training from Europe, and some were researchers.
@talraviv talraviv.org by the end i was thinking it makes as much sense for Malawians to volunteer in the US as it does for us to send volunteers there
@talraviv talraviv.org “Africa taught me to be patient, cautious, a bystander and eavesdropper; not a high-profile philanthropist with big schemes but just a humble helper.”
@talraviv talraviv.org “Africa taught me to be patient, cautious, a bystander and eavesdropper; not a high-profile philanthropist with big schemes but just a humble helper.” Paul Theroux Peace Corps Volunteer, Malawi 1963
@talraviv talraviv.org So. That's when I started asking myself, hm, what other labels does my techie-city-ivy-league- educated-secular-liberal- urban bubble
@talraviv talraviv.org So. That's when I started asking myself, hm, what other labels does my techie-city-ivy-league- educated-secular-liberal- urban bubble use?
@talraviv talraviv.org When I hear my brain apply a label, instead of looking the other way, I need to make a habit of getting curious. What’s hidden there?
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