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Philip Unamka
@philchiever
https://t.co/cyxWvggH4X
Port Harcourt Katılım Ocak 2013
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@Spearhead_Af @mwseibel @iAboyeji Right now controversy is more popular in social media across many countries; especially if it pays more.
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@Spearhead_Af West is probably not interested in right now. I think it’s about your algorithm too. If someone in Africa is more interested in startups, utilities, fintech etc then his search will probably bring up @mwseibel and @iAboyeji first.
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How Big Tech Frames African Audiences As Intellectually Lazy.
African social media audiences are not “dumb” - they are being conditioned.
When Africans have to engage with western controlled information ecosystems, the engagement is never a fair one. Not in traditional media, and certainly not in digital media. It always follows the same colonial playbook of extraction and social engineering over any kind of meaningful conversation or useful solution.
The exploitative relationship between Western-controlled tech giants and Africa's social media audiences is often overlooked, but it shapes almost everything we see or value - and even how we understand ourselves. The low-effort, oversexualized content that has become recognised as the preferred taste of African audiences is not in fact an organic phenomenon. To put it bluntly, Western colonial tech monopolies are actively engineering African social media spaces into cesspits of anti-intellectual slop.
Africa must rise to resist this intellectual suppression by building information and communication ecosystems by Africans and for Africans.
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@tier_1st It’s part of the reasons he had that groin injury, it’s unfortunate but very skilful players usually have it at some point
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this is probably an unexpected opinion coming from me... entrepreneurship is over-sold and self-awareness is under-sold 👇🏾
The not so popular truth is, most people would be happier with a good salary than a successful startup.
But social media continues to push a generation to optimise for lives they don't actually want.
Entrepreneurs like me get a lot of likes and followers when we tell people to quit their jobs and chase their dreams.
But here is the context that we nearly always miss👇🏾
Entrepreneurship can be really really boring - you will have to do things you do not enjoy.
You will deal with big, hard, stressful problems, every day - including bank holidays, christmas and any other time off - for years.
If you're lucky enough to be successful, the problems will get bigger, not smaller.
You will not have one boss. You will have hundreds - every customer, every investor, every employee. You will answer to them 24/7.
You will probably work 3x the hours you do now, have 10x the stress and a tiny probability of significant success.
A recent survey found 87.7% of founders deal with at least mental health issues. That's not a bug. It's a feature of entrepreneurship.
You'll see your kids less. You'll probably earn less (for years, maybe forever).
You will probably pay yourself last and as little as possible.
You'll struggle to switch off. Forever. Your phone will probably become a prison.
And here's the punchline: If you succeed, it all gets harder.
More money = more complexity. More growth = more anxiety. More success = more people depending on you.
In life, when you find yourself following someone else's playbook, you are at risk of winning someone else's prizes. All I'm saying is be intentional.
I'm not AGAINST entrepreneurship, I'm FOR self-awareness.
Truth "wealth" is probably👇🏾
✅ Knowing what game you want to play and why
✅ Having the courage not to play other people's games
✅ Understanding your real strengths and weaknesses
✅ Designing within them, not against them
Happiness is not about the structure, the social media post or the story.
Happiness is about alignment. Building a life that's aligned to whoever you are!
This does the beg the question, why do I do it?
If I'm honest, the answer is probably....I don't know.
It's probably some blend of lower t trauma, my inability to fit inside normal structures like school and conventional work-places (I was fired a few times), my adhd brain that makes working on something for 14 straight hours feel like 7 minutes and some childhood self-esteem issues.
Whatever the reason, this is who I am and what works for me.
This is the weird way I make myself happy and fulfilled.
To someone that is not me, it would probably feel like torture.
And to me, their life would probably feel like torture.
And that’s the thing… when you create a life that feels like home to you, it will probably look like hell to tourists.
Please know what you are not!

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@paulg @Yuchenj_UW Glad more people are noticing how Google Search AI Mode seem to have the latest or relevant data
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@Yuchenj_UW Wow, that's much better than I got from Google Search's "AI Mode."
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Being small is your superpower.
If it doesn't work for 10 people, it won't work for 10,000. Your first customers aren't just users, they're co-creators.
One of the best advice I’ve heard is to make something you and a small number of people really love.
Solve your problems first, then your friends and their friends, then scale.
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