Next-gen ANC leaders need to explore innovative solutions
David Masondo’s attempt to transcend bureaucratic caution reveals the debilitating effects of the ANC. Their worldview is just too thinly tethered to reality.
David Masondo’s attempt to transcend bureaucratic caution reveals the debilitating effects of the ANC. Their worldview is just too thinly tethered to reality.
BizNews founder Alec hogg shares his rational perspective on Yuval Harari, an israeli author and historian who has shared insights on the pandemic.
It’s like the WEF’s informal grapevine has suddenly caught alight. Everybody, it seems, wants to plug into SA’s president-in-waiting Cyril Ramaphosa.
Alec called it a veld fire of change, as deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation became highly sought after.
Alec Hogg is devouring a masterpiece by Jordan Ellenberg called “How Not To Be Wrong – The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life.” It’s like Freakonomics for the mathematically impaired.
Helen Zille is paying dearly for raising the holy cow of colonialism. Doing so wasn’t in itself wrong, but as Rian Malan explains so brilliantly, for most of South Africa the conversation is premature.
“Panic is a form of hubris. It comes from a feeling that one knows exactly where the world is heading. Bewilderment is more humble and therefore more clear-sighted.”
In conversation with CNBC Africa’s Bronwyn Nielsen, BizNews.com editor Alec Hogg shared his insights on many of the issues from his recent visit to Davos in Switzerland.
Society will probably never be able to stop odious actors from perpetrating propaganda. But free access to information makes it a lot more difficult to turn them into believable myths.
When pushed on what today’s young people should be studying, Yuval Harari plumps for philosophy. Virtually every other university degree teaches skills which robots will soon be doing better and cheaper.