When I was young I liked taking tests. I happened to be good at it. Certain subjects came easily, like math. All the science stuff. I would just read the textbooks in the first few days of class.
Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.
It's not easy to remember, but IBM was the computer industry when I was growing up. You loved 'em. You hated 'em. You knew what they were doing. They had set a standard for mainframes. They also set a standard for great sales focus and heavy product R & D.
Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor. China used to get quite a bit of aid; now it's aid-neutral.
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory.
Robotics and other combinations will make the world pretty fantastic compared with today.
Being able to see an activity log of where a kid has been going on the Internet is a good thing.
You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code.
