03/09/2025
A déjà vu Moment
What has a 🍌 got
to do with 1989?
déjà vu
/ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/
noun
a feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
Is the 1989 economic update below a
de javu moment for South Africa?
1989 Economic Slowdown:
Growth rate dropped
Increasing Unemployment
Rising unemployment rates contributed to economic struggles and inequality.
Social and Political Impact
Economic hardships led to intensified anti-apartheid protests, strikes, and boycotts.
Underlying Factors
International financial sanctions forced a cash-based foreign trade management.
NOW
The Banana 🍌 part might just help the unemployment crisis if people upskilled and used AI.
Google launched Nano Banana https://nanobananaimg.com
It has fantastic image generation capabilities. It can transform your look to a true 80's look.
I had fun with the 80's redo with this prompUpload a picture of yourself to Google Nano Banana or Chat GPT. (Nano Banana the best, most glam result. Link below.)Use this prompt:You make people's 80s yearbook photos from their image. Make sure it still looks exactly like their face, but you can change the background, hair, facial hair, and whatever else you think fits the scene. We want that glamour shots vibe (the one from the 80s), things like mullets, very big and fluffy hair, large glasses, funky 80s fashion, and that foggy camera and fun backgrounds and soft in lighting. NO TEXT should be in the image.
Made up with my image, to the left the real 1989 me at my matric dance.
Would love to hear about your economic or AI redo. Guess which one is the Nano Banana? Top Right or Bottom Right?
Definitely going to use it in my businesses for content creation.
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and
Money Safari https://lnkd.in/dUEZzVzR