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I spent a year during and after grad school writing a blog and building a tiny community on healthy living for elderly people. I remember a particular article I wrote on eating pineapples for healthy bowel movements really offended some in the community.

My grad research was on AI and robotics for elderly. I thought I knew my audience. How wrong I was. I didn't even reach out to talk to my audience, for crying out loud.

10 years later when I was working on a project for smallholder farmers in Mozambique. I made the point of moving myself to Africa and working alongside them for weeks. https://www.quantisan.com/facebook-loving-farmers-of-mozambi...




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