What happens when big corp shuts down conversation? What is Russia's deal with Sputnik exports? Crypto in Africa — equalizing force, or daydream?
This Week on Planet Internet: Big Dictator Energy
What happens when big corp shuts down conversation? What is Russia's deal with Sputnik exports? Crypto in Africa — equalizing force, or daydream? Join Linh, Amy, Limarc and myself, Natasha, for your handy recap of This Week on Planet Internet:
- Is there such a thing as a no politics culture? (1:40) - Amy Tom goes real deep, real early #sorrynotsorry (3:22) - "Pleasant" for whom, Basecamp? PLEASANT 👏 FOR 👏 WHOM 👏 (07:54) - Naturally Limarc Ambalina's gon' be playing devil's advocate (09:40) - Key Takeaway: if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, get a mediator (12:24) - Why is Russia exporting so much Sputnik? (14:55) - Limarc kind of maybe sympathizes with a Russian Dictator's decision to let his people die (16:40) - Africa: the continent of milk and honey for startups and cryptos? (21:10) - Necessity is the mother of all invention... (29:32) - No gods no masters — down with regulation! (32:56)
2. Russia, vaccine, science, space war, and more:from The daily aka Linh's main source of podcast lol
3. Africa startups news on Hacker Noon! Question: out of the 69 billion raised for startups reported by Pitchbook in Q1 of 2021, how many are based or partially based in Africa? Prob not much.
