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T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe work to prosper
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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Tokyo wrote:T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe Now that one thinks about it, Necessity is the mother of invention. I asked about England.. how a tiny country can cause so much suffering, how they remain financial giants. Japan is clearly illuminated in the comment above. England must have realized the disadvantaged position they were in and opted to exploit the world. Japan opted to be innovative. While we in Africa in our abundance took a chill pill and opted to let others do the thinking for us! Change starts from within. This is my declaration 'I will produce that which I consume. I will make money from selling its excess. I will not direct my efforts to bettering a parasite/user to my detriment' Thank you @Magigi for 'Man's search for meaning' by Viktor Frankl. He who wrote 'Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to God'
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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Mukiri wrote:Tokyo wrote:T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe Now that one thinks about it, Necessity is the mother of invention. I asked about England.. how a tiny country can cause so much suffering, how they remain financial giants. Japan is clearly illuminated in the comment above. England must have realized the disadvantaged position they were in and opted to exploit the world. Japan opted to be innovative. While we in Africa in our abundance took a chill pill and opted to let others do the thinking for us! Change starts from within. This is my declaration 'I will produce that which I consume. I will make money from selling its excess. I will not direct my efforts to bettering a parasite/user to my detriment' Thank you @Magigi for 'Man's search for meaning' by Viktor Frankl. He who wrote 'Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to God' We have had a superpower at any one time in human history. Spain, Portugal, Rome, Britain, Greece, USA etc have had their turn. It so happened that Britain’s opportunity to be superpower was, maybe accidentally, preceded by industrial revolution which opened new opportunities in international commerce. There were also major breakthroughs in science, making it easier to travel long distances across oceans more safely and in much lesser time. For these and other reasons Britain was able to create a larger empire than any of the preceding superpowers. With advent of globalisation and civilisation, the duty of superpower is limited to creating deterrence and maintaining global peace and security, something the US of A is not doing well. Who will be the next superpower after USA?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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limanika wrote:Mukiri wrote:Tokyo wrote:T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe Now that one thinks about it, Necessity is the mother of invention. I asked about England.. how a tiny country can cause so much suffering, how they remain financial giants. Japan is clearly illuminated in the comment above. England must have realized the disadvantaged position they were in and opted to exploit the world. Japan opted to be innovative. While we in Africa in our abundance took a chill pill and opted to let others do the thinking for us! Change starts from within. This is my declaration 'I will produce that which I consume. I will make money from selling its excess. I will not direct my efforts to bettering a parasite/user to my detriment' Thank you @Magigi for 'Man's search for meaning' by Viktor Frankl. He who wrote 'Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to God' We have had a superpower at any one time in human history. Spain, Portugal, Rome, Britain, Greece, USA etc have had their turn. It so happened that Britain’s opportunity to be superpower was, maybe accidentally, preceded by industrial revolution which opened new opportunities in international commerce. There were also major breakthroughs in science, making it easier to travel long distances across oceans more safely and in much lesser time. For these and other reasons Britain was able to create a larger empire than any of the preceding superpowers. With advent of globalisation and civilisation, the duty of superpower is limited to creating deterrence and maintaining global peace and security, something the US of A is not doing well. Who will be the next superpower after USA? possibly china then later Brazil after that depending on how we 'panga' ourselves - Africa All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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Tokyo wrote:T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe its on the ring of fire and suffers as many as 1500 earthquakes a year! Minor tremors occur almost daily in one part of the country or another, causing slight shaking of buildings. From my studies of human civilization so far these are the factors of 'growth' 1. population 2. unity with the population 3. adapting stronger aspects of other people's cultures and domesticating them. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/21/2011 Posts: 2,032
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masukuma wrote:Tokyo wrote:T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe its on the ring of fire and suffers as many as 1500 earthquakes a year! Minor tremors occur almost daily in one part of the country or another, causing slight shaking of buildings. From my studies of human civilization so far these are the factors of 'growth' 1. population 2. unity with the population 3. adapting stronger aspects of other people's cultures and domesticating them. In modern times you have to add strong economy and military. It is almost assured that the country with the strongest economy and military will always be the superpower. If you separate the two and have situation where the strongest country in economy terms is not the strongest in military terms, like we could see in our generation, then you enter a transition phase which is bound to be very uncomfortable
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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Super power is for what? Is it needed? 666=end of times=new world order=super power
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/31/2008 Posts: 7,081 Location: Kenya
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masukuma wrote:limanika wrote:Mukiri wrote:Tokyo wrote:T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe Now that one thinks about it, Necessity is the mother of invention. I asked about England.. how a tiny country can cause so much suffering, how they remain financial giants. Japan is clearly illuminated in the comment above. England must have realized the disadvantaged position they were in and opted to exploit the world. Japan opted to be innovative. While we in Africa in our abundance took a chill pill and opted to let others do the thinking for us! Change starts from within. This is my declaration 'I will produce that which I consume. I will make money from selling its excess. I will not direct my efforts to bettering a parasite/user to my detriment' Thank you @Magigi for 'Man's search for meaning' by Viktor Frankl. He who wrote 'Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to God' We have had a superpower at any one time in human history. Spain, Portugal, Rome, Britain, Greece, USA etc have had their turn. It so happened that Britain’s opportunity to be superpower was, maybe accidentally, preceded by industrial revolution which opened new opportunities in international commerce. There were also major breakthroughs in science, making it easier to travel long distances across oceans more safely and in much lesser time. For these and other reasons Britain was able to create a larger empire than any of the preceding superpowers. With advent of globalisation and civilisation, the duty of superpower is limited to creating deterrence and maintaining global peace and security, something the US of A is not doing well. Who will be the next superpower after USA? possibly china then later Brazil after that depending on how we 'panga' ourselves - Africa @Mukiri... a very inspiring book... Will look for this one too... Don't aim at success
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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Mukiri wrote:Tokyo wrote:T-Bag wrote:What T*&%$#*! Aha moment! Japan that size produces all these cars, electronics on the African roads/houses and the scrap metal everywhere in a Africa to boot? Japan is 2/3 size of kenya with more than three times Kenya's population .70% mountainous and only around 20% habitable in a hostile corner of the globe Now that one thinks about it, Necessity is the mother of invention. I asked about England.. how a tiny country can cause so much suffering, how they remain financial giants. Japan is clearly illuminated in the comment above. England must have realized the disadvantaged position they were in and opted to exploit the world. Japan opted to be innovative. While we in Africa in our abundance took a chill pill and opted to let others do the thinking for us! Change starts from within. This is my declaration 'I will produce that which I consume. I will make money from selling its excess. I will not direct my efforts to bettering a parasite/user to my detriment'Thank you @Magigi for 'Man's search for meaning' by Viktor Frankl. He who wrote 'Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to God' that indeed is the secret of success! All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/9/2006 Posts: 1,502
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Africa will grow and develop. But the gap between rich a poor will widen. Reasons? For an economy to grow EQually/ equitably to all , you need only three factor 1. Justice- rule of law to all 2. Services- infrastructure etc. tax money working appropriately 3. Security- both to people and their property according to law. Provide Africa and Kenyan with above and they develop in one generation. Otherwise what's happening is a kid's growing but bones and internal organs not developing. I heard Cape Town to Lagos - 6hrs. But cheapest is through Dubai and connect 23hrs work to prosper
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