> This seems like the issue rather is is that wealth accumulation in sub-saharan africa is limited to a small subset of population

At one time I lived in a predominantly black community in mosside Manchester UK. I witnessed these kinship based rules often in daily life and even overheard conversations by and about those members of the community who succeeded, left and didn't 'pay back their obligations'.

This was deeply striking at the time and until I read this article I've never seen anyone highlight it. But it's something I think about often.

So I don't agree that this doesn't happen in the rest of the world. It's a cultural thing not a capitalism thing.

> In many cultures it used to be (or still is) quite common to treat brides as property.

Property is not the right word for this. Responsibility is the right word.

When a bride price is paid, you give money (or goods) to the family. In return the responsibility of the care of the woman is passed down.

This is not a traditional monetary style transaction in the way it appears.

In practice, a lot of families that accept a bride price end up returning the value in different ways. But the responsibility is passed down from parents to partner and that's why divorce is so frowned upon.

Society needs to stop making blanket statements about psychological behaviours:

https://immunizenevada.org/the-relationship-between-adhd-and...

> I kept deleting and redownloading Instagram because I couldn't stop watching Reels but needed the app for DMs.

Using Instagram only for DMs just means you shouldn't be using it.

I don't make the choice of how individuals in my social circle uses to communicate. Giving up being in contact with some of my friends/acquaintances is too bad a trade-off.

Your friends don't have WhatsApp or Telegram?

Unfortunately not really an option in a lot of business. There's a ton of services where Instagram is both your portfolio and an important first point of contact.

I made a similar app, it’s called “Only DMs” free on the app store :)

I predict that almost no existing WordPress installs will be ported to this

Having to compile makes it a pain in the ass to develop with vs php. No existing WordPress dev would ever willingly make that choice

On the harness side there's a huge amount of optimisation room to go as well.

I strongly think smaller models will end up being able to do most coding tasks in the future, once they are reigned in properly

Real life is not chess, and inaction is a valid move for the Chinese. Look up Wu Wei 'action without action'

I don't believe comments like this. Sure it did work for ten hours but if you didn't review it you will sooner or later when it breaks. And it will. I run the agents all day and that's what happens - they do stuff that is unwanted but that you aren't aware of.

Making money is what companies are for. The rest are non-profits.