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THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM
BACKGROUND The 17th of April 2021 was the date of the first publication of this piece. I found it prudent to republish it now. Freedom is at the point of definitively being rebranded with an X, both locally and internationally. In my motherland, Zimbabweans are about to place an X against the names and faces…
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A CONFESSION FOR CONTEXT
As I launch my website, I wish to lay all the cards on the table. I will make this confession only once and never again. After all, transparency breeds trust and enhances context. Writing for the sake of writing “Writing for the sake of writing” means a writer writes not to entertain or please an…
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ON AI: CONFUSE THE BOT
The horses have already bolted. The rise of Artificial Intelligence is inevitable. In 1950, when the ‘father of Computer Science’, Alan Turing, published “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, the world got introduced to the possibility of computers imitating human intelligence. That, in itself, is a simplistic definition of ‘Artificial Intelligence’. I strongly encourage my gentle readers…
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DIGITAL DETOX LESSON 5: BE HUMBLE
Humility was the hardest lesson I learnt during my hiatus from mainstream social media. Folks, please allow me to utter the unspeakable. It is onerous for a black person to be humble. My theory is that our culture and history have been too subjugated to accommodate humility. Please allow me to explain. Since our African…
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DIGITAL DETOX LESSON 4: CHERISH HARD WORK
Allow me to begin by stating the obvious. HARD WORK nudges one closer to good fortune (i.e. “good luck”). ‘Luck’ does not operate in a vacuum. It gravitates towards ‘effort’. This lesson has been well-spent by the recent wave of ‘motivational teachers’. We have all heard the now redundant lines, “I worked for 22 hours…
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DIGITAL DETOX LESSON 3: AVOID NEGATIVITY (CONTROL YOUR ENVIRONMENT)
From the outset, let us delineate the relationship between negativity and criticism. Criticism is an umbrella term that describes adjudicating over an action, person or matter. This process can either be negative or positive. The colloquial term for negative criticism is ‘NEGATIVITY’. Usually, the purveyors of negativity sanitize it as ‘criticism’. Thus, the interrelation between…
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DIGITAL DETOX LESSON 2: CONVICTION/FAITH
Excuse me, folks, if I may. In this series, my intention is not indoctrination but companionate. As a brief reminder, I went for a year without partaking in mainstream social media. I learnt a few lessons along the way, and I feel compelled (through the promptings of a ‘power’ beyond my scope) to share them…
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DIGITAL DETOX LESSON 1: DISCIPLINE
I have always been attracted to challenges. I thrive on strife. I relish struggle. Just over a year ago, I realized that contemporary society has become addicted to virtual social interaction. Online presence and its attendant side-effect of desiring validation through ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ from strangers and peers alike have replaced the bygone era of…
Doses and Dices
Writing for the sake of Writing.
Doses and Dices 