Ah Tobi! I'll miss Ideas Untrapped, but glad to hear you are continuing with 1914 Reader which I've really been enjoying. Thanks for all of your hard work on this amazing public good over the years!
Ideas Untrapped, I loved you with all my tiny little heart 🥹. You were the ray of intellectual sunshine in an otherwise bleak world of Buhari. I watched Nigeria closed its borders to its neighbours, inflation ravage people's non-existent saving (food inflation, in particular). Bad polices wiped off 50% of the country's GDP. I watched Nigeria become the poverty capital of the world. Kidnapping and banditry became a business model. All of these before covid. And then covid. Our generation is perhaps the unluckiest in the history of the country. It's no surprise many decided to leave. My heart bleeds for those who were forced to say goodbye to their loved ones. And to those who had to leave in a hurry, hush hush, no goodbyes.
Ideas Untrapped. You were an inspiration. We had no power but you gave us a voice. Call me biased but I still judge many others by you. If there was a do-over, I'll certainly do you.
Nigeria is still in an 'idea trap', so the work never stops. I hope someday, we find the 'elite consensus', in the words of Stefan Dercon, to move the country to a different equilibrium.
A very big thank you to those who supported the project. And most of all, to our guests and listeners - you're the real MVPs, wonking yourselves out on these episodes.😂 ❤️🙏
Ah Tobi! I'll miss Ideas Untrapped, but glad to hear you are continuing with 1914 Reader which I've really been enjoying. Thanks for all of your hard work on this amazing public good over the years!
Thank you Oliver. I've always appreciated your shout-out and support.
Ideas Untrapped, I loved you with all my tiny little heart 🥹. You were the ray of intellectual sunshine in an otherwise bleak world of Buhari. I watched Nigeria closed its borders to its neighbours, inflation ravage people's non-existent saving (food inflation, in particular). Bad polices wiped off 50% of the country's GDP. I watched Nigeria become the poverty capital of the world. Kidnapping and banditry became a business model. All of these before covid. And then covid. Our generation is perhaps the unluckiest in the history of the country. It's no surprise many decided to leave. My heart bleeds for those who were forced to say goodbye to their loved ones. And to those who had to leave in a hurry, hush hush, no goodbyes.
Ideas Untrapped. You were an inspiration. We had no power but you gave us a voice. Call me biased but I still judge many others by you. If there was a do-over, I'll certainly do you.
Nigeria is still in an 'idea trap', so the work never stops. I hope someday, we find the 'elite consensus', in the words of Stefan Dercon, to move the country to a different equilibrium.
A very big thank you to those who supported the project. And most of all, to our guests and listeners - you're the real MVPs, wonking yourselves out on these episodes.😂 ❤️🙏