Welcome to my latest thoughts and travels.
This is where I gather whatever I’m exploring at the moment: reflections from life across cultures, ideas I’m working through, observations from the road, and the occasional dive into issues that simply catch my attention.
Browse the most recent posts and see what resonates. If something catches your eye, dive in and explore.
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The Weight of Invisible Things
In 1990, crossing back into Zimbabwe after Mozambique, I was twenty-two and moving through a world I did not fully understand. What followed was a lesson in who gets counted, a conversation with a stranger whose reasons I never learned, and a night on the Zambezi when a full-grown elephant passed within ten meters in…
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Renting My Own Life
I used to buy music. Once I paid, it was mine. Now I rent access to songs, software, and even parts of my own time. Somewhere along the way, ownership turned into permission, and convenience turned into obligation.
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The LinkedIn Nudge
LinkedIn nudged me today: “Connect with an Executive Director.” What struck me was not the recommendation itself, but the confidence behind it. The platform assumed this is the direction I should be moving in. It felt familiar. I have heard this quiet push everywhere: the soft encouragement to climb rather than root, and to treat…
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The Nobel Peace Prize: Political, Not Peaceful
The Nobel Peace Prize should mean something. Especially now, when democratic norms are eroding and authoritarianism is gaining ground. It should stand as a clear and principled signal. This year, it didn’t. The Prize went to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who was barred from running in the 2024 election and instead backed…
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Bethics Mexico Is Now on LinkedIn
Over the past months, Bethics has expanded its presence in Mexico through bethics.mx, a Spanish-language platform focused on ethics, governance, accountability, and responsible leadership in the Mexican context. This expansion reflects a growing demand for practical, accessible resources that speak directly to organizations, professionals, and civil society actors working in…
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A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight
A reflection on how the erosion of international institutions removes the friction that once restrained escalation and made catastrophic war harder to initiate. What happens when the systems built after 1945 to slow conflict are steadily dismantled, leaving threats to operate without constraint?
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Is AI Slop the New Spam?
The people generating AI slop at scale are making a choice to strip-mine a commons—to extract private profit while pushing the cost of filtering and verification onto everyone else. Is the rise of generated content a technical evolution, or a fundamental breach of information ethics?
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