Time Capsule 2021
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Air India is a company that has been bleeding money and the Indian government has been on a mission to sell it for the past 2 decades. The latest attempt seems to be promising. Also, Europe approved the Artificial Heart! Edition 40
The Chinese government has been working with the capitalists for the last 3 decades. That period has been fraught with discomfort. As the companies grow into mega-corporations, they have the money and strength to defy those in power. It is not going down well. Edition 41
Tech Companies enabled the coup in America. They could have acted earlier but waited till those in power could no longer question them! Edition 42
The Nature of Money and our relationship with it is going to undergo another huge change with Digital Currency. Edition 43
Dictators like to dictate till such time that there is nobody willing to take the dictation. Edition 44
As countries move to announce larger stimulus for their economy, the question of how they plan to pay back the debt they are taking on still hangs in the air. We know the source of the next distress! Edition 45
Business activism used to be about worker rights. Now the troika of ESG is after them! Edition 46
When you think of those making big waves in the media business, do you think of the Obamas?
You would suppose that organisations that are in the business of news gathering would foresee the changing trends in the world! Edition 48
Bonds have the power to move all markets, including currency and equity. Deliverance is going to arrive, eventually. Edition 49
The times they are a-changing. Edition 50
What is the value of a mere collectable? Also, what is its value when it is possible to make copies of it? Edition 51
Never before have we as a species been as scared of innovation as we are today. We want it to be perfect on the first go. Edition 52
If 2020 was a bad movie, 2021 is shaping up to be a sequel where we might be too tired to save ourselves. Edition 53
Drawing a new world order begins with determining where Silicon Chips would be manufactured! Edition 54
Our entire lives are online. There seems to be no online service that cannot be hacked. Let alone the concern for our privacy, this can be a disaster for their business. Edition 55
Balancing business with Privacy is near impossible for the likes of Google, they are getting called out. Edition 56
Why is this happening in India? Scientifically speaking Edition 57
In 10 years, when somebody says meat, it may not mean the same thing as what we think of meat today. Edition 58
Facebook has been sharing all kinds of data for ad targeting. Signal is exposing them on their own platform. Edition 59
You pressure a bunch of smart people to design sites that get more and more sales - they deliver dark patterns that can fool you into doing things you do not want to. Edition 60
Almost nobody knows how carbon markets work. This is a problem because it keeps the conversation from moving forward. Edition 61
The blows are coming from within this time around, this is going to be harder to overcome! Edition 62
Money has been the fiefdom of governments for a long time. If that changes, many countries stand to suffer. Edition 63
Incredibly rich technology companies are going to have to start paying their dues. Edition 64
Large technology companies had it quite easy for quite a long. Those days are over. Edition 65
Philanthropy has been used and abused to no ends, Bill Gates is the high priest of the temple. Edition 66
The pandemic "ends" the economy is roaring back to life and businesses can’t find workers!! Edition 67
China's days of economic ascendance are falling prey to one man's ego! Edition 68
The rich nations of the world are finally having to deal with the consequences of the pollution that their "standard of living" has caused. Edition 69
A military pull-out and suddenly every leader in Asia is worried about the country that none of them cared about. Edition 70
Disney the benevolent stiffing an actress. Are they really benevolent? Edition 71
A lot of value stands to be destroyed in the coming months in the telecom industry. Edition 72
The IPCC Has provided a damning report. Are we ready to act yet? Or will Ego continue to get the better of us? Edition 73
They want to go to the next frontier, but with public money! Edition 74
Are governments only in the business of demoralising their people? Afghanistan, China and India - Different things, similar effects. Edition 75
We need to start calling them something else! Edition 76
The App Store is under attack from those who are required to pay to use it. Edition 77
Every product or service that you use, will turn into a subscription, pretty soon! Edition 78
China is playing a game whose rules we need to grasp first. Edition 79
The space agencies the world over are being exploited by private organisations. Edition 80
We have the tendency to glorify sociopaths and then watch them ruin the world for the rest of us! Edition 81
Elections are so hard to conduct only because it helps the ruling parties. Edition 82
Shipping is at the precipice of change, the pandemic has put the money and the impetus in place. Is it going to be enough? Edition 83
Facebook is trying to make a pivot. Whether they are doing it out of the goodness of their heart, or due to regulatory pressures; they are bound to fail. Edition 84
The one way in which climate summit organisers can save the planet is by not organising the summits and eliminating the associated pollution. Edition 85
The Drone business is germinating into a real industry offering real solutions in the east, while it still remains rich people experimentation in the west. Edition 86
What we mean when we say fuel today may not be the same in a decade. A radical shift is coming forced by the source of our energy. Edition 87
The Developed economies are grievously dependant on immigration. Though the rich may not admit it, it is how they manage to stay rich. Edition 88
Fusion Energy is the holy grail. It promises a clean, environmentally friendly, safe and infinite source of energy. Money is starting to find its way to it. Edition 89
The government of India finds itself in an unenviable position. The indecision is obvious for everyone to see. Edition 90
The Internet runs on software that most of us don't even know exists. It is run by those who don't get paid to maintain that software. One day they may decide not to. Edition 91
There are too many people pretending to do good in the world but a few really are doing the good work. Edition 92
Other Blogs
There were many that asked me how I managed to read 30 books in 2020. I wrote a blog to answer that question. Building the Muscle
Failures are often very personal and private, success is not. Those who tend to be really cautious are secretly just fearing success. Afraid to Succeed
The philosophies the divide politics in today's world seem to be business vs labour. One man's saviour is another man's tyrant
Discipline is a battle that you win and lose every day. Discipline
You need to learn to change the life of one person before you can change the lives of millions. Dream Small
Carbon capture is not a panacea, in fact, it is not even the beginning of a solution. Carbon Capture
Conciliation is the act of reducing anger in the discourse. This often helps find a middle ground. All of us are guilty of not playing a role in taking things towards conciliation. Farm Bill Impasse
Passion will never close a deal; strategic thinking will. So ditch passion and think strategic. Passion
Westerners have Weird psychology. Here is why. W.E.I.R.D.
Being in the right place at the right time matters more than all else. Right Place, Right Time
How many of you answer every survey with the greatest interest and integrity? Then why do you expect others to? Net Promoter Score
Have you heard of him? I am sure you have. Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo
We are always interested in pulling one another down rather than growing together. Such thinking will never allow a super-app to rise. Why India will NEVER have a Super-App
The answer to a question that you did not ask is always, no. Hope
Being literate does not imply that you are educated. Education does not require literacy. Literacy and Education
What if you could be paid for browsing? I got paid! Monetising your attention
More than 30,000 universities in the world and not one has a course on this. Guess what skill? The one skill nobody will teach you
Good things don't always need you to do something; sometimes, it requires you to do nothing. Having the nerve not to do
The only thing constant in life is change. You have to be flexible and change with the changing tides. Course Correction
While one allows you to make better decisions; the other wastes your time and leads you astray. Substance Vs Nonsense
You just need two things to uphold democracy. As simple as they sound, they are just as hard when you have power at your disposal. How Democracies Die
A car is best driven looking through the windshield rather than the rearview mirror. Looking forward
We have all come to hear regularly that so many millions are rising above the poverty line. What does this really mean? Poverty Line
Our education teaches us everything other than thinking, and there is a reason for that. Thoughtless Education
How much do you need to improve so that the improvement can be felt? 10%, 100%, 1000% - It depends! Discernable Difference
To be good... You have to be willing to be bad first...
Hard Work is for fools!
Burn your ship, is the worst piece of advice that anyone can give you.
Chance plays a role in life, whether you succeed or fail! Chance and Life
If a rule has exceptions, it probably is not a good rule. Explanation and Exception
When the fundamental laws are proved wrong, you make progress. Entropy
Optimists are problem solvers; not people who believe everything will be fine. Optimists
The only thing that can help you prepare for change is observation Observe
The Time we waste before realising things Time
The scientific method has done more harm than good in recent times. Scientific Method
Technology scales only when you can burden poor people with its shortcomings. Exponential Growth
We all think we are someone who we often are not, liberate ourselves from that. Your image of yourself
Unknown Known is the vestiges in which conspiracy theorists reside
Politicians won't back down from a position no matter how wrong they are... Why is the world fucked up?
Good decisions don't always result in success; bad decisions don't always result in failure! Wrong Lessons
A hammer can be used to make or break things, so can AI. AI for Good
The languages we assume to be thriving are all dying. Diglossia
Extremist thought appeals to a small number of people; that is precisely what makes it successful. Appeal of the Extremist
Human decision making is mired in all kinds of processes, rationality is only part of it, not the entirety of it as economics assumes. Human Rationality
This is a summary of the book '23 things they do not tell you about capitalism'. 23 things they don't tell you about Capitalism
Paytm will never be able to reach its true potential taking the path it is on. Why is Paytm getting thrashed?
We are all very likely to make mistakes. How many of us acknowledge it and check ourselves? Mistakes
Years later you will only remember the journey; the destination would be forgotten. Journey or Destination
Viktor E Frankl is a psychologist who is also a Nazi Concentration Camp survivor. His insights on mental health are another thing! Man's Search for Meaning
A study of psychology that was created by those with the worst instincts is not going to deliver gold, is it? Economics