People often say that the developing world is poor because the Western world colonized them and stole their resources.
The truth, however, is that over the past century, the developing world has, for the most part, shown that they are completely incapable of harnessing their own resources. They are not poor because we stole from them. They are poor because they do not know how to run and administer their own countries, resources be damned.
Take Venezuela. The world's largest oil reserves mean nothing if you have a corrupt communist as your leader. People will actually be starving and trying to eat zoo animals while you sit on trillions of dollars in resources!
Africa is another example. Europeans left behind farmland, trains, roads, and mines in Africa. What happened to it all?
It's not that all of a sudden, the Africans started running things like anti-colonialist activists had envisioned at the time. No, no.
All the infrastructure fell into disrepair and/or was stripped down and looted. They were literally handed fully functioning, completed supply chains for resource extraction, and basically unlimited wealth, but they couldn't manage the simple upkeep.
Now, the defense for Africa might be that "The Europeans didn't teach the Africans how to manage any of this! It's not the Africans' fault they couldn't run it independently! They were never trained!"
But my brother in Christ, the Europeans DID try to train locals for management! Obviously it would have been easier to have at least some locals in administration, rather than having to import an ENTIRE workforce, but efforts to find African talent were largely unsuccessful.
Don't believe me? Just look at the different outcomes in Hong Kong and Singapore when compared to Africa. In East Asia, Europeans often did work with locals in administrative and management capacities. When colonialism ended, Hong Kong and Singapore were able to manage themselves. Not the case with Africa.
Now, none of this is to say that colonialism is good. People have the right to self-rule and seld-determination. However, the idea that colonialism and resources extraction are responsible for the developing world's ongoing poverty? That is quite simply a crock of shit.
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@LinusEkenstam Been testing Flux for interiors and the biggest win? Consistency. Instead of 4 random outputs, you get something you can actually build on👀
From a pencil sketch to annotated materials — all in minutes.
Imagine what this means for concept drawings now.
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From SketchUp to photorealistic render in under 3 minutes powered by ChatGPT.
No more second-guessing materials or layouts. The result? A surprisingly accurate visual that lets you plan, tweak, and choose the right finishes before anything gets built.
Changed the lounge colour, added a statue — and the layout stayed perfectly intact!
In this one, I used a scene from Studio AIME to test how consistent ChatGPT can be when editing design visuals.
It lets you make small changes while keeping everything else in place..
Still wild to me that AI can pick up exact fabrics, leathers, paint tones — just from a photo🤯
From full-room shots by Soho Home to accurate moodboards with annotations, in seconds.
AI is changing how we design,
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An empty room, a single prompt — and in seconds, ChatGPT turned it into a fully furnished, styled interior.
This kind of speed and accuracy is making concept development faster than ever.
If you’re curious how AI is reshaping the design process, we’re sharing more soon!
We’ve been testing tools like ChatGPT in our design process — and honestly? It’s changing everything. If you’re curious how we’re doing it, stick around. We’re sharing the behind-the-scenes.
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Imagine sketching something rough on paper… and seeing it turn into a full render with custom materials in seconds.
It still blows our minds how quick the process is—especially when the output feels this unique.
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