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The more the options, the better the decision

The More The Options, The Better The Decision

 1920 1024 Oliver Kagwe

Nope, not quite so. It turns out that the more options you have the more negative emotion you experience. Brands are especially notorious in this regard. It is far more likely for a brand to introduce a new sub-brand than for it to kill one that deserves to forced into extinction. When killing is not…

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Ka mua, Ka muri - walking backwards into the future.

Ka mua, ka muri – walking backwards into the future

 1707 2560 Oliver Kagwe

This is a proverb by the Māori people of New Zealand (other sources attribute them to ancient Mesopotamia). It means walking backwards into the future. Take a moment to think about this incredibly cool idea! When we talk about the past and the future, we seem to mean that we walk into the future with…

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Social Media is evi

“Social Media is Evil”

 1920 1280 Oliver Kagwe

In a twitter space titled ‘the good and the bad of social media’, speakers have ganged up against social media. One after the other other, they are passionately going on about how evil social media is, and the many evil outcomes that it has resulted in. Not a single one of them is pro social…

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Plane Diversion in Belarus

My Thoughts On The Belarus Plane Diversion.

 2560 1707 Oliver Kagwe

I have been closely following the news on the events that happened in Belarus on the afternoon of Sunday, 23rd May 2021. It was stuff from fiction movies! What happened was that passengers aboard Ryanair Flight 4978 were cruising towards to Vilnius, Lithuania from Athens, Greece. The flight had so far been normal, with nothing…

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Youth

#KwaniYouthNiNani – Misrepresentation of Youths in Government.

 2560 1707 Oliver Kagwe

There is a peculiar observation that I have made and I wish to share it with you. If you take a quick look at the composition of our government, you will notice more men than women, hardly any youths and let’s not even get started with persons living with disabilities! Yet, there are more women…

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Mirror

Reflections On The Mirror

 1920 1867 Oliver Kagwe

Oliver suggests to me that the difference between having a good life and a miserable one could lie in whether or not one looks at themselves in the mirror. He goes on to make his point by saying that it also depends on how you look into the mirror, because manner in which you present…

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Universal Health Coverage

This is What UHC Means to Me

 1707 2560 Oliver Kagwe

In my previous post on Universal Health Coverage, I had expressed my excitement about the initiative and also my concerns. Even as I had cautioned that we should be careful not to think of UHC as utopia, I am unable to resist the urge to share what it means to me as a young person.…

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Millennials

Are All Young People Millennials?

 2560 1706 Oliver Kagwe

Just last week, I bumped into yet another millennial who said to me a sentence that had “..you millennials…” in it, and I could not stop myself from marvelling at that. I marvelled because she referred to me as a millennial in a way to mean that I am a separate group from hers, which…

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Desiderata

Desiderata

 1902 2560 Oliver Kagwe

The following poem is not of my own creation. I however wish to share it as I found it to be profound and meaningful to my life (and certainly yours). Contemplate upon its words, and if it touches you, share it with others. Desiderata means things that are needed, or wanted. GO PLACIDLY amid the…

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Birth Control

Why Birth Control Interventions In Africa Have Failed.

 2560 1707 Oliver Kagwe

I am inclined think that the various attempts to normalise birth control in Africa have failed. I say this because over the last 30 years, huge investments have been made in Latin America, Africa and Asia to help them get a hold of their growing populations. While Latin America and Asia are seeing significant improvements,…

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