Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀

Helping create the next simulation 🌌@auxodotdigital - startup focussed on digital innovation, experiences (3D, XR, VR), and platforms 🏜️

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

It moves from a job to a life mission/passion as soon as one thinks of it as a daily opportunity to really change the status quo and not just a sequence of tasks #Blockchain #EmergingTechnologies @LinumLabs

[CZ 🔶 BNB @cz_binance]

"Blockchain is no longer a career decision, it’s a life decision. I am gonna spend my life in this space." - a job candidate (one that we will hire)

[Moxii Africa @moxiiafrica]

101 Conversations: Insights into Incitement 💬

Tomorrow the #MFF24 kickstarts! 101 sessions will explore what online incitement looks like, the nuances involved, & the actions we’re taking to address this issue in the media .

RSVP HERE: https://t.co/FPggqP7SdS

[Oukham @OPteemyst]

@elonmusk "Running water never grows stale, so just keep on flowing." - Bruce Lee

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

Haters will say it’s a gas leak. But we all know what really happened… https://t.co/JQt4oMLxvc 😶

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

Reports of an underground gas line explosion in the JHB CBD.

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

I once asked a mentor whether I should first study an MBA or take a leap and try scale a business.

I only had capital to sustain beginning one. His suggestion was the latter, as comparing success would hold more credibility and practicality.

Grateful for this guidance

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

@Devkrz What was the most challenging aspect?

[Mckay Wrigley @mckaywrigley]

The fact that you can buy this powerful of a machine for $1300 is a feat of human civilization.

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

Perhaps some correlation or causation..

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Share of alcohol-related road fatalities:

🇿🇦 South Africa: 58%
🇮🇸 Iceland: 37%
🇸🇮 Slovenia: 35.5%
🇨🇦 Canada: 34%
🇬🇷 Greece: 33%
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 32%
🇺🇸 USA: 31%
🇪🇸 Spain: 30.9%
🇫🇷 France: 30.8%
🇦🇺 Australia: 30%
🇮🇹 Italy: 22.6%
🇫🇮 Finland: 22.2%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 22%
🇳🇴 Norway: 21%
🇨🇭 Switzerland: 19.3%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 18.5%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 15.5%
🇰🇭 Cambodia: 15.4%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 14.2%
🇬🇧 UK: 13%
🇩🇪 Germany: 9%
🇵🇱 Poland: 7.9%
🇷🇺 Russia: 7.4%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 7%
🇯🇵 Japan: 6%
🇦🇹 Austria: 5.8%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 5.8%
🇷🇸 Serbia: 5.5%
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 5%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 4.8%
🇨🇳 China: 4%
🇮🇱 Israel: 3.7%
🇮🇳 India: 3.5%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 3%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 1%

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

A multitude of problems could easily be highlighted to contributing to this in SA. Given all of these and considering resources, what is the biggest impact initiative to drive the most change in improving mental health?

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Suicide deaths per 100,000 people, 2019:

🇿🇦 South Africa: 23.5
🇷🇺 Russia: 21.6
🇰🇷 South Korea: 21.2
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 18.1
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 17.7
🇺🇸 United States: 14.5
🇧🇪 Belgium: 13.9
🇫🇮 Finland: 13.4
🇮🇳 India: 12.9
🇸🇪 Sweden: 12.4
🇯🇵 Japan: 12.2
🇭🇺 Hungary: 11.8
🇦🇺 Australia: 11.3
🇨🇦 Canada: 10.3
🇳🇴 Norway: 9.9
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 9.8
🇫🇷 France: 9.7
🇸🇬 Singapore: 9.7
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 9.4
🇵🇱 Poland: 9.3
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 9.3
🇮🇪 Ireland: 8.9
🇩🇪 Germany: 8.3
🇰🇵 North Korea: 8.2
🇦🇷 Argentina: 8.1
🇨🇱 Chile: 8.0
🇹🇭 Thailand: 8.0
🇷🇴 Romania: 7.3
🇲🇦 Morocco: 7.3
🇵🇹 Portugal: 7.2
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 7.2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 6.9
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 6.9
🇨🇳 China: 6.7
🇧🇷 Brazil: 6.4
🇲🇾 Malaysia: 5.8
🇰🇭 Cambodia: 5.5
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 5.4
🇲🇽 Mexico: 5.3
🇪🇸 Spain: 5.3
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates: 5.2
🇮🇱 Israel: 5.2
🇮🇷 Iran: 5.1
🇮🇶 Iraq: 4.7
🇶🇦 Qatar: 4.7
🇮🇹 Italy: 4.3
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 3.9
🇨🇴 Colombia: 3.7
🇬🇷 Greece: 3.6
🇪🇬 Egypt: 3.4
🇲🇲 Myanmar: 3.0
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 2.8
🇩🇿 Algeria: 2.6
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 2.5
🇧🇳 Brunei: 2.5
🇵🇭 Philippines: 2.5
🇹🇷 Turkey: 2.3
🇯🇲 Jamaica: 2.3
🇯🇴 Jordan: 2

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

@alexdebruyn1 Saturdays are primarily ceasefires for me, including mostly doing things (social, fun) outside of startup work.

Sundays are set to organise the artillery, review the battle plan, and focus on one or two key initiatives for the week - essentially to get a head start.

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

@futureherman Good idea, we probably all need a few more feel good posts.

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

Apply to WhatsApp/Telegram, missed phone calls, and people knocking on the door 🤷‍♂️

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

Is having a world decouple from the $ such a bad thing?

Inevitable that better solutions are necessary and increasingly possible than the current ever being 🖨️ adopted de facto.

[Sam Altman @sama]

US debt to GDP ratio over time. very scary chart; no plan to fix it or even much of an acknowledgement we need a plan.

will get made worse as the rest of the world finds alternatives to the USD and rates stay non-zero.

long-term brewing crisis.

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

@Devkrz @metabrewsociety Hopefully it lived up to its label in being of love and dedication to the Web3 brand 💁‍♂️

[Farzam Ehsani @farzamehsani]

This message is false @FNBSA. The purchase of cryptocurrency most certainly is allowed in SA from local platforms like @VALRdotcom.

Kindly correct your message. This is a disservice to your customers as you are currently spreading fake news.

[Farzam Ehsani @farzamehsani]

This was inevitable.
https://t.co/b4zswCF2oS

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

Just like most Tcs & Cs people automatically accept, short term users may think twice, long term the majority of people will click accept without thinking much at all 💭

*Overindulgence of (website) cookies and other data collection is probably inevitable 🍪🤷‍♂️

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

@elonmusk tweets that he’d donate $1 million to a tree-planting cause.

... and then his twitter name changed...

I’m officially living in a memeverse 🦄

https://t.co/RwwDNhvsV5

#TeamTrees #TreeBeard

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

To clarify, it’s Uber’s lack of owning any real assets that can’t be easily copied that is a concern. The current number of layoffs is another.

If they can’t evolve their business model significantly we may be looking at another go-to example of “Uber being Kodak’ed”.

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

For a long time Uber has been hailed as one of the go-to examples of disruptive innovation from taxis to ride sharing.

I’m wondering if they’ll be worth much in the next couple years.

https://t.co/Px8sdY2obU
https://t.co/Kzmsu0IWiz

#Uber #DisruptTheInnovators

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

@BooYah2 It’s going to be a very very long uphill battle with governments around the world to get anything done, however Libra is not dead just yet.

Cryptocurrency should benefit from having Libra help drive conversations on how a global currency could work with current regulation.

[Oz Razak 🇿🇦🚀 @oz_razak]

PayPal, now EBay, Stripe, MasterCard and Mercado Pago - major US payment processing companies exited Facebook’s Libra.

Navigating the regulation/compliance, especially between fiat and digital value will be tough. Maybe best not to ride the storm.

https://t.co/xj8dhE8h4T