The ‘me alone’ attitude sucks!

When technological, entrepreneurial, spiritual, or whatever giants collaborate, it’s amazing what they can pull off. That's how it should be. It makes life easier for the ordinary man. FaceMash might not have evolved into the miracle of Facebook if Mark Zuckerberg was reluctant to let Eduardo Saverin in on the project.

Here's a true story: coming out of Harry's Supermarket, I saw this mentally ill guy marvel at very nice ride. Scrubbing it in apparent desire, I heard him say: "ndeysaan, Europe, invention. Africa, intervention!" It didn’t only rhyme, it was lucid. I guess what he meant was, they pool resources to invent, and we compete so much that one can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

I think we are unfortunately fortunate - fortunate because we are not destitute of people who possess extraordinary intelligence and skill, but unfortunate because those out there with pieces to each other’s puzzles would rather they all fail than contribute their knowledge to someone else's something of ingenious construction.

This is why our entrepreneurs, scientists (yes we have them), spiritual leaders, entertainers, even beggars along Kairaba Avenue can't stand each other, and why you can have numerous rich friends and still run into cash flow crises. But of course, you cannot bailout someone you envy. It's the reason we dislike each other for no apparent reason, and ready to go all out to make each other look bad.

Well, here’s to support what Bob Marley suggested: if we want to make way for a positive day, we must dead the negative way.