A little insight on digital transformation

 

Two global trends seem to threaten jobs as we currently know. First, many companies are cutting positions due to a post-pandemic economic crisis. Second, artificial intelligence is replacing several positions. Seen like this, both things seem to be related each other.

Many specialists already have warned five years ago, this was going to happen. Many Jobs involving to mechanize operations are automating, without a return way. And this was not just breaking.

We are around three decades telling this same story. For example, my TV camera. As many newsrooms, robots are actually in charge of the technical part. Then, how are you going to replace your job?

My first insight is the technology helps your daily work. It doesn’t replace your work in general. In other words, while we don’t order, machines don’t do anything. That moves our job at a creative level.

That means to have a more analytic thinking with a competitive advantage over any machine: Our skill to create emotions.

At the moment, machines are not able to make it so. As some followers commented me, entrepreneurship is a good choice. Specialists advise not to do it individually. They recommend to build value chains which every entrepreneur is specialized in every phase of any process. The rest consists in promoting yourself as a tandem.

Of course, if you don’t know how to pitch what you do very well, nobody will convince you are the best choice. It’s time to talk. Follow me on the social media as @nelsonsullana.

The price of mango is very low

Tambograndé is the historical place where an emblematic conflict happened. The local community and a Canadian mining company faced for defending their own development models. In the local side, agriculture. In the foreign side, mining.

 

The stage was San Lorenzo Valley. This is a Peruvian Government venture launched in 1960. The purpose was turning a dry forest into rich croplands.

 

In fact, two of the most popular fruits in Peru come from here – mango and lime. Limes are the key ingredient for a Peruvian classic – cebiché. Mango is the sweet fruit that you can consume directly, or in a juice, or as a dessert. What about a mango jam?

 

However, the situation of mango is not the best now. Growers told me the price is very low, and it doesn’t compensate the production costs.

 

The box of fruit for exportation is costing around 2 dollars. Growers say the fair price should be around 4 dollars, the double.

 

The mango for domestic market is costing around 25 cents. Growers say the fair price should be around 2 dollars, 8 times more, indeed.

 

Every box is 44 pounds or 45 mangos.

 

The reason why this low price abroad is the low demand in markets as well as the global recession. In the domestic market, the speculation by dealers and the anti-government protests are bringing down the price. Growers said they have no a clear strategy for impacting both markets for good.

 

The mango season runs from October to March. FACTORTIERRA proposed in 2022 that Tambograndé should build a complementary industry around mango and agriculture by extension. This is the experiential tourism.

 

People in san Lorenzo Valley have a long experience having foreign visitors. People from Canada, Spain, and England have been some of the visitors during decades.

 

The valley is not only agriculture. It has some beautiful touristic spots you can find out. Go to factortierra.blogspot.com for more information.

 

Tambograndé is also a land of advocates. And this is the another reason why I came here today.

 

An organization created a creative campaign to raise funds. They want to gather around 7500 dollars. That’s the cost of a transfemoral protheses.

That one will be used for providing life quality to Jimmy Garcia.

 

This former Peruvian Air Force troop lost one of his legs in a traffic accident. He was riding a motorcycle and it crashed on one of his sides.

 

Jimmy told me in an interview he’s trying to do as well as he can. But he has no enough money to purchase his own protheses. So, a group of local activists encouraged every person to donate around 25 cents. They expect to join 30,000 people donating.

 

If you want to help, just contact me on the social media. Before this lines, you have other donation ways valid only in Peru.

I’m @nelsonsullana on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As you contact me, I’m going to put you in contact with the fundraisers.

 

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Time Zone, Twitter, and Heart

Keeping fit – what part of your body will thank it to you? And: A popular bird has a new owner… and new problems.

 

UTC -6…  forever

Mexico returned its usual time zone. It means 6 hours less than universal Time Coordinated (UTC). This also means 1 hour less than Peruvian Time(PET).

During Northern Summer, Mexico used to move its clock 1 hour forward. This is not going to happen anymore. Mexican Senators Chamber stopped a tradition that began in 1996.

That summer, Mexico’s Government added 60 minutes to its local time. The promise was saving more energy – 26 years later, it was discovered that goal was never reached.

Mexico owns two time zones:

• Central Time, which holds the most of the republic, including Mexico City. This is similar to the Central Time in the United States.
• The another is Baja California Peninsula Time. It’s also known as Pacific Time or PT. It’s 7 hours less than UTC. This is 2 hours less than PET.

By the way, Peru tried to have a summer time in 1987. It promised to save energy. The idea was furtherly dismissed because it didn’t save any energy. Also, many people woke up inclusive when it was nightly sky.

Does your country move the clock in the summer? Tell me on my social media. Find me as @nelsonsullana, YouTube inclusive.

 

Worry tweet

The blue bird lost the half of its employees. The billionaire elon Musk recently bought the micro blogging service. Musk paid 44 billion dollars for the purchase.

However, the new administration entered with new rules:

• First, banning the fake news accounts.
• Second, stopping loses, estimated in 4 million dollars per day.
• Third, engaging the advertisers again, trying to ignore the advocacy lobbies.
• Fourth,cutting job positions.

Twitter, the key division of Twitter Incorporated, was created in San Francisco, California. It was launched on March 21^st, 2006. Currently, it joins over 340 million users around the world. To have a perspective, Facebook is still atop: it has 2.9 billion active users. This is around 40% of world’s population.

The problem for Twitter is the future for 2024.  It only expects around 1.5% in users growth.

There is much disappointment after the elon Musk’s decision. And the feeling goes around the globe. Many brokers still remain skeptical.

Others are looking for another signal. Maybe Musk’s target is not Twitter, but X. This plans to be the greatest application in the world. There  is not much information about X.

By the way, I’m a Twitter user since 2012. Other FACTORTIERRA Media accounts on Twitter are @factortierra for science, arts, education, tourism, and technology. Also @chulucanasgym for bodybuilding and fitness stories.

Tell me what you think about. I’m @nelsonsullana on Twitter, as well as the other social media.

 

Protect your heart

Are you still considering to fee a membership? Do it now – your heart will thank it to you.

Cardiovascular diseases are the deadliest across the planet. We are talking about 17.3 million people. This is the number of who lose the fight. It equals the half of actual Peruvian population.

By 2030, specialists expect an increase. Around 23.7 million may lose the fight.

Those data come from Pan-American Health Organization.

How to avoid to be part of these numbers? The first answer is physical activity. Cardiologist recommend to spend 150 minutes per month. Obviously, that’s the minimum, but it could save your life. If you want better results, spend 200 minutes per month.

World Health Organization recommends 30 daily minutes of physical activity. It may prevent a lot of health risks.

In my personal case, I combine power and aerobic routines. It keeps me in-shape. But, coming out from a family with heart diseases history, that’s not a hobby in my case. That’s my personal duty. Make it yours too.

More information? Go to chulucanasgym.blogspot.com Write heart in the query box. By the way, in that same blog, there’s a special entry about bullying.