The Internet: A Game-Changer for Learning and Opportunity
The internet has reshaped our world, touching lives in myriad ways, and for someone like me, hailing from a small, obscure village, it’s been nothing short of a miracle.
This transformation isn’t just my story; it’s a global tale, especially resonating with those from less affluent corners of the world. Let me take you on a journey to help you grasp the essence of this change.
Decades ago, knowledge was like a treasure, abundant in some places and scarce in others. In wealthier nations, people had the luxury of savoring the freshest fruits of knowledge, as groundbreaking research sprouted in their backyards.
Meanwhile, we in smaller, less affluent locales, would wait years to taste even a morsel.
Our textbooks were relics of the past, while others enjoyed the latest editions. And cutting-edge technologies? They were like distant stars, shining bright, yet unreachable.
Enter the internet, a game-changer! It turned knowledge into a boundless ocean, available to anyone with the thirst to explore. Just three days ago, the waves of information brought news of ChatGPT’s latest features, shared by none other than Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.
A revelation that, in a bygone era, would have taken an eternity to reach us!
True, the digital divide still exists, and some advancements remain confined to specific shores. But for many, once isolated and yearning for a connection, the internet has been a bridge to a land of endless possibilities. It’s like unlocking the gates to Harvard without leaving your home!
We are the fortunate ones, living in an era our grandparents could only dream of. Their eyes would sparkle with envy, yet they would urge us, with fervent hope, to seize this golden chance.
They battled for the everyday wonders we often overlook – the flick of a switch bringing light, the magic of a mobile phone.
Let’s not let their struggles be in vain. Let’s cherish our gifts and use them to craft a better tomorrow. The internet has leveled the playing fields, empowering the once powerless.
Now, it’s our turn to rise, to learn, to blaze a trail, and to show the world our potential. We are no longer shadows in the dark; we hold the torch of knowledge.
How we illuminate our path in this grand adventure of life, is, ultimately, in our hands.
Dr. Ehoneah Obed (Pharmacist, Software Engineer, Health Informatician, Founder)
My work focuses on identity engineering, which is the deliberate process of designing and updating who you are, personally and professionally.
Most people experience identity as something fixed or accidental. It is shaped by parents, early success or failure, education, and society’s definition of what a “good life” looks like. They adapt to it rather than questioning it. What most people do not realize is that identity is not just something you discover. It is something you can actively engineer.
Personal identity engineering is about gaining control over how your beliefs, values, and self-concept are formed and reinforced.
Professional identity engineering is about translating that internal identity into skills, work, leverage, and visible contribution in the world.
When people feel stuck, it is rarely because they lack motivation or talent. It is because they are trying to change outcomes while leaving the underlying identity system untouched. Careers stall. Confidence collapses. Direction feels unclear. The system keeps producing the same results.
I learned this by rebuilding myself multiple times.
I trained as a pharmacist for six years. While working in hospitals, I began learning to code alongside my job. That led to building real software, selling products, transitioning into software engineering, completing a master’s degree in health informatics at the University of Toronto, and now building startups and systems full time. Each transition followed the same pattern. My identity did not change because I thought differently. It changed because I took specific actions that produced new evidence, and that evidence forced a new story about who I was capable of being.
That is the core mechanism behind identity engineering.
Identity updates when you intentionally generate evidence that contradicts your old self-image, then compound that evidence until the old identity can no longer run the system.
This blog is where I document that process. I write about how to design identity experiments that are small, controlled, and reversible. How to build proof-of-work that changes both how you see yourself and how the world responds to you. How to move forward without waiting for clarity, confidence, or permission.
This is not motivation and it is not coaching. It is systems thinking applied to human change.
I also write The Ledger, a weekly record of systems and experiments for building a life you own.
And I built the Identity Audit, a diagnostic tool that helps you understand your current identity state before you attempt to change it.
I am not presenting a finished theory. I am engineering this in real time, using my own life as the test environment. If you want more agency over who you are becoming, both personally and professionally, you are in the right place.
