Treasure Okegbola developed a machine learning model that detects malaria from blood samples.
We ran a live test today, and it was amazing.
She will be training it on other diseases so that people can run quality and free tests in their homes. It can then detect even diseases people may not be aware of.
She says this will be her way of supporting poor families who can’t afford quality healthcare or are afraid to do tests because of cost.
I have always known that Treasure will make a great impact in the world.
What a start!
One of the most underrated pieces of career advice is to know the best work in your field.
- Read the top five books in your field.
- Know the five most important ideas and debates.
- Follow five people whose thinking consistently teaches or challenges you.
- Read the five publications that shape conversations in the field.
- Watch five films or documentaries that everyone interested in the subject should know.
- Study five organisations or people doing the work exceptionally well.
Then look for the alternatives too.
- Read the strongest arguments against what you believe.
- Pay attention to people approaching the same problems differently.
The number five is obviously arbitrary. You can make it ten. The point is to have a deliberate system for staying intellectually current.
The point is to develop a deliberate habit of exposing yourself to the best ideas and work around what you do.
And do not stop at what you already agree with. Know the strongest alternative arguments. Understand how people approaching the same problems differently think about them.
It is possible to become very good at doing a job without developing a deep understanding of the field itself. That eventually creates a ceiling.
The people who stay ahead tend to know what is changing, what has been tried before, what the important debates are, who is pushing the boundaries, and where new ideas are coming from.
And sometimes the most useful knowledge will come from outside your immediate field. Journalism can learn from technology, economics, history, psychology or business. The same applies elsewhere.
You don’t need to know everything.
But if you want to stay ahead, you should know what the best people in and around your field are thinking about.
#YouWillNotFail
Colossians 1:20
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Confession
I am at peace with God through the blood of Christ. I am reconciled to God.
#InHim
1 Corinthians 8:6
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Confession
I am of God the Father and in Him. I am by the Lord Jesus Christ.
#InHim