As a follow-up to the episode featuring Stephen Jennings, we’re releasing two bonus conversations showing the daily life, culture, and politics of Nairobi and Kenya at large. This second installment features Githae Githinji, a Kikuyu elder and businessman working in Tatu City, a massive mixed-used development spearheaded by Jennings. Born in 1958 and raised in a rural village, he relocated to seek opportunities in the Nairobi area where he built up a successful transportation company over decades. As a respected chairman of the local Kikuyu councils, Githae resolves disputes through mediation and seeks to pass on traditions to the youth.
In his conversation with Tyler, Githae discusses his work as a businessman in the transport industry and what he looks for when hiring drivers, the reasons he moved from his rural hometown to the city and his perspectives on urban vs rural living, Kikuyu cultural practices, his role as a community elder resolving disputes through both discussion and social pressure, the challenges Kenya faces, his call for more foreign investment to create local jobs, how generational attitudes differ, the role of religion and Githae's Catholic faith, perspectives on Chinese involvement in Kenya and openness to foreigners, thoughts on the devolution of power to Kenyan counties, his favorite wildlife, why he's optimistic about Kenya's future despite current difficulties, and more.
Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video.
Recorded June 12th, 2023.
Other ways to connect
Re-release: Claudia Goldin on the Economics of Inequality
Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship
Lazarus Lake on Endurance, Uncertainty, and Reaching One’s Potential
Jerusalem Demsas on The Dispossessed, Gulliver's Travels, and Of Boys and Men
Vishy Anand on Staying in the Game
Celebrating Marginal Revolution's 20th Anniversary
Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent
Noam Dworman on Stand-Up Comedy and Staying Open-Minded
David Bentley Hart on Reason, Faith, and Diversity in Religious Thought
Reid Hoffman on the Possibilities of AI
Noam Chomsky on Language, Left Libertarianism, and Progress
Peter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial Ideas
Seth Godin on Marketing, Meaning, and the Bibs We Wear
Simon Johnson on Banking, Technology, and Prosperity
Kevin Kelly on Advice, Travel, and Tech
Anna Keay on Historic Architecture, Monarchy, and 17th Century Britain
Jessica Wade on Chiral Materials, Open Knowledge, and Representation in STEM
Jonathan GPT Swift on Jonathan Swift
Tom Holland on History, Christianity, and the Value of the Countryside
Yasheng Huang on the Development of the Chinese State
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Meaningful Life with Andrew G. Marshall
The No-Frills Teacher Podcast
Heal, Survive & Thrive!
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast