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South Africa
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I will turn 60 on the 6th May this year. My life has been full and I have many stories to tell. I grew up under Apartheid, and was 34 years old when Democracy came to South Africa. I saw the Berlin wall come down and the Cold War end, a war in which I was involved. I knew the world before the internet came and I am trying to keep up with how the world is fundamentally changing post the internet. I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder twenty years ago, after causing chaos for forty years. I have been to a specialist psychiatric hospital six times, each time for twenty one days. I have had electricity passing through my brain six times. I have spent twenty days in a rehab centre. I have been employed in the public sector, the private sector and have been a successful entrepreneur for twenty five years. I am a father and a grandfather. I’ve seen it all and done it all.
I read a lot. There are over 2 000 books on my shelves.
I have a passion for Philosophy which I have been studying by myself for the last forty years. This makes me a street philosopher, a auto-didact. I have tested my knowledge and understanding of the subject by working at post-grad level (M.Phil) at WITS, Stellenbosch University, RAU (now UJ) and Oxford University) on Ethics.
- I am a certified Ethics Officer (ETHICSA)
- I am a approved financial services Compliance Officer (FSCA)
- I have the five-year LLB degree
- I have to date completed the following online Certifications:
- Philosophy and Critical Thinking
The University of Queensland
- Data Science Ethics
University of Michigan
- Ethical Leadership in a Changing World
University of Wellington
- Leading Change in Times of Disruption
MIT
- FinTech Ethics and Risks
The University of Hong Kong
- Deep Learning through Transformative Pedagogy
The University of Queensland
- Ethics in AI and Big Data
Linux Foundation
- Plato, Socrates, and the Birth of Western Philosophy
Tsinghua University
- Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology
Technische Universiteit Delft
- Storytelling in the Workplace
Rochester Institute of Technology
- I have Certifications for both Creative Writing as well as for Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town.
- I have both a RE1 Certificate and a RE5 Certificate.
Moonstone
- I have a Certificate for a Internet Marketing course.
University of Cape Town
[these can all be verified at https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinten-knox-1b36b2146/ ]