Lise Meitner, Bibha Chowdhury, Andree de Jongh, Irawati Karne, Jean Purdy and Anandibhai Joshi and in a sense Alan Turing inspire me to my theme for this week. While each of their stories in unique and beautiful, let me give you a couple of small anecdotes. Lise Meitner along with Otto Hahn discovered the processContinue reading “The Business Stories that go Unnoticed: Tech in 2021, Winklevoss, Germany and China, Neural Networks and Sanpo-Yoshi”
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The Revolutions in the Business World: Musk, Big-Tech, Robinhood, Public Companies and Credit Schemes
In the 13th Century the word was first noted to describe the movement of celestial bodies originating from France. In 1450 for the first time, it was used in the context of a change in the social order and status. REVOLUTION. It’s been used in various contexts since then from upending the social order in FranceContinue reading “The Revolutions in the Business World: Musk, Big-Tech, Robinhood, Public Companies and Credit Schemes”
Instagram, Data-less AI, Jacinda Ardern, Unicorns & Platinum: The Week’s Most Interesting
The only thing that doesn’t change in the world is that people start their articles by writing about how fast the world is changing. So, I don’t want to change the trend. The world is changing, but the beauty of it is you don’t see it happening. The changing world is very similar to your changing weight. The infinitesimallyContinue reading “Instagram, Data-less AI, Jacinda Ardern, Unicorns & Platinum: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Silicon Valley, Trade, CRISPR and School Education: The Invisible Variable Syndrome
We have powerful enough computational power in the world today that if you do enter in all the variables required to predict the future then you are most likely to get a very accurate forecast. This exceptional power can blur the line between reality and science fiction. But the challenge in such models is the same as itContinue reading “Silicon Valley, Trade, CRISPR and School Education: The Invisible Variable Syndrome”
Democracy, Babies, Big Tech, Germany and UK: The Reluctance that Defines Us
Reluctance is one of the most complex equations of the human mind. Reluctance that comes from conscience, the reluctance that comes from inertia and the reluctance that comes from being hesitant to burden new responsibilities all bring new complexities into decision making. There is some science behind it. The brain has D1R neurons which simply tell youContinue reading “Democracy, Babies, Big Tech, Germany and UK: The Reluctance that Defines Us”
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”
Medicines, Hertz,Silicon Valley, Rippling and Jio: The Week’s Most Interesting
It was simply a week of supreme positivity from my end. One man raising $10 Billion at the time of corona, New Zealand reporting zero cases for 5 straight days and going back to work and Musk taking some time off twitter to send a couple of astronauts to space. Not a big deal !Continue reading “Medicines, Hertz,Silicon Valley, Rippling and Jio: The Week’s Most Interesting”
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