“Free will” apart from its daily usage, has ancient philosophical origins. The ancient thinkers on the “problem of free will” wanted to prove that humans have control of their decisions and actions. So if you bought a table, changed a job, created a revolution, supported a political movement, you did it because you wanted to.Continue reading “Amazon, Tesla, SuperMario, Yusra Mardini and TechWars: Determinism in Business”
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Predictions about 2021 and the Decade, Buddhism mixed with AI and the History of the PDF : The Week’s Most Interesting
It has been a very interesting year so far. If the two to three weeks of this year have taught us anything from across the world, it is that character is important. It can make you win, and it can be judged even better when you lose. The two examples came to us from theContinue reading “Predictions about 2021 and the Decade, Buddhism mixed with AI and the History of the PDF : The Week’s Most Interesting”
The Queen’s Gambit in Business
Fedex, Salesforce, Health-Tech, Credit Algos and Cars24 Till I watched the Queen’s Gambit, I had a passing interest in Chess, rediscovered every few years leading to a few videos on openings and a few matches till the board went back into the shelf for another couple of years. I certainly like the rest of the worldContinue reading “The Queen’s Gambit in Business”
WhatsApp, Amazon, Boeing, Digital Education and Chips: The Week’s Most Interesting
Knowledge is knowing that you will fail. Experience is remembering that knowledge after you fail. Wisdom is remembering that experience before you start working on something new. And that wisdom teaches you to focus on the process. Because the process is the best chance of winning. Shortcuts and hacks are ways to win once if the stars alignContinue reading “WhatsApp, Amazon, Boeing, Digital Education and Chips: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Big Tech, Education and Italy: The Week’s Most Interesting
The world moved on to its normal order of business last week. From the US Congress setting up the most valuable Zoom call in the world to India revamping a 40 year old education policy the main dishes of last week were quite interesting. There were appetisers and desserts of Rafale jets being bought, andContinue reading “Big Tech, Education and Italy: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Iran, Saving the Internet, Walmart, Elon Musk and Hong Kong: The Week’s Most Interesting
Hi,Since never before in our times was economic survival so intertwined with human survival, economies opening everywhere and record jumps in coronavirus cases is very similar to the Protogoras’s Paradox (https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/35296/protagorass-paradox-an-unsolved-court-case). I will leave it up to your imagination as to how they relate to our times, but trust me the debate has just started. There are a bunch of articlesContinue reading “Iran, Saving the Internet, Walmart, Elon Musk and Hong Kong: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Modi, Antartica, Bezos, Inequality & Covid Internet: The Week’s Most Interesting (18.05.2020)
This week was a phenomenon the World was waiting for. India’s measures for the COVID situation meant the global economy would also get a boost and it was the last major economy to announce any measures.There are, for all the options. two definitive ways to come out of an economic crisis. Keynesian economics tells you that theContinue reading “Modi, Antartica, Bezos, Inequality & Covid Internet: The Week’s Most Interesting (18.05.2020)”
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