Short essays on technology, life, philosophy, startups, society, et al. Echoes of Insight ...
she does not know it yet. we both liked asian. we were to meet at foo. place was locked in, time was too. she had taken surfing classes a few days before and was staying with her friends. i reached there 30 minutes early and sat at the restaurant, alternating between twitter and the food menu for no real reason. twitter. then the food menu. then twitter again. she reached. i was on the first…
India doesn't have a talent problem. It has an access problem. Every year, millions of students compete for a tiny number of seats at a handful of elite institutions. We mistake that scarcity for excellence. We celebrate the winners, ignore the bottleneck, and call it meritocracy. But you can't build a country's future by educating a microscopic elite. If India is serious about leading in…
As I was dabbling with an AI voice bot late last night, it started hallucinating and going completely haywire. Amid the chaos, I stumbled upon a post on Reddit by a British traveler who has been backpacking across India for the past three years. He unleashed a scathing critique of India’s basic civic sense, crumbling infrastructure, air pollution, unhygienic food, and the exploitation of…
Sinful Startups: How Modern Apps Exploit Human Nature for Rapid Growth In the world of entrepreneurship, understanding human psychology is key to creating products that resonate with users. Interestingly, some of the most successful startups have tapped into aspects of human nature that align with the seven deadly sins from Christian tradition. Before we dive into how modern apps exploit these…