The Cosmosapien

What are Universities Really For? The overriding conversation around this question since the 1990s has been that universities are important players in a global information-driven system where ideas and knowledge are paramount for success. The world we live in is increasingly dominated by knowledge which has become the main driver of economic growth. Education, in essence, has become the foundation for individual prosperity and social mobility. Around the world, more people are realizing the value of higher education and the role it should play in their success. In the United States, for instance, someone with a University degree is likely to earn twice as much in his lifetime compared to someone with just a high school diploma. These statistics are replicated across the world, including Africa. While we appreciate the fact that University Education is important for success, we fail to recognize the true value of a University Education.    What are Universities For?  W...

There is no denying that babies are the most adorable creatures on earth. Any baby is as pure as an angel and as fresh as a blooming rose flower. While we spend most of our time with them teaching them and guiding them along the way, they teach us a few things too, especially about what pure and true love is. The expectation is that things should always be the other way around: we teaching the babies, and not vice versa. However, babies have a host of important lessons for us as adults, but only if we pay attention to their whispers.  The first lesson from babies is that we are not islands .  Instead, we are intricately dependent on people who provide us the support system we need to get along in an otherwise very unforgiving and tough world. It is common to see people play it tough and act like they've got it all under control. To have survived to adulthood, however, we forget that we had to depend on an extraordinary amount of care from those around us. Too often we under...