Is English as a medium of instruction morally justified in modern day South Africa?If there were a scent of this time, it would be ‘revolution’, pronounced in French if the smell one is after is something decidedly…Nov 29, 2020Nov 29, 2020
Dancing queensThree queer men of colour go out dancing. It’s Thursday and time to set the night and their worries ablaze. How amazing it is that the…May 15, 2020May 15, 2020
From getting jobs to winning elections, Facebook wields heavy influence in Mongolia“In Mongolia you must accept two truths”, my friend Bolor-Erdene insists. “The first is that our nomadic tradition makes us very flexible…Dec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2019
Published inThe StartupKeeping up with the robots — maintaining human agency in an automated worldIt is more likely that humans will work alongside machines long before they are completely replaced by them, yet much of the attention on…Aug 1, 2019Aug 1, 2019
On discovering that I’m an introvert (only at the workplace) and other (maybe related) musingsWhen I read Susan Cain’s Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking, I did so as a sort of ethnography of the other…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
Disability and Erasure : charity, power and perversityWhy aren’t we outraged by ableism? No, I ask with genuine curiosity because it doesn’t make sense to me. We are collectively irked by…Mar 14, 20181Mar 14, 20181
When less is not more: love and generosity in times of austerityMy best friend Jessica suggests this litmus test for friendship: Imagine that, following a tireless fight with cancer, your body fails you…Feb 9, 20183Feb 9, 20183
Late to the tech band wagon — chronicles of a reluctant techie(?)I spent the entirety of my time in the Silicon Valley trying to escape the tech-evangelist bent of the place. It seemed anywhere I went on…Jan 5, 2018Jan 5, 2018
On work and meaning : reflections from the bottom of the career ladderCurious things began to happen to me when I inched closer to the world of work. When my best friends and I approached our graduation, we…Dec 28, 2017Dec 28, 2017
The Job Search — the things they don’t tell youOr more aptly the things they tell you, but you insist they must have you confused with someone else.Dec 22, 2017Dec 22, 2017
