“in his view there could come of his interference nothing worse than what existed at present. And yet to every bad there is a worse.” ― Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy: The Complete Collection
1. Switzerland Schedule
Journals. Memoirs. To-do lists. They all have their place. A documentation of life, activities and events. They all bring back memories and sometimes are cathartic. In this piece, Robin Williamson writes about a ritual of her family called “The Switzerland Schedule.” She talks about her mother's death and how the documentation helped her.
Sometimes our experiences start us thinking in different directions. Many years back during my post grad days, I visited a village in Rajasthan and had some experience which led to this story. A personal plug.
The number of science and technology research papers published has skyrocketed over the past few decades. But the ‘disruptiveness’ of those papers has dropped, according to an analysis of how radically papers depart from the previous literature.
Is it because science is now an ideological undertaking?
The ‘precolonial Africa’ phrase and whatever follows from that always ends in caricature of the continent. Homogenizing and bastardizing the people and the cultures on the continent.
Colonial forces always had artists with them. These artists were crucial for recording information. Information that was better documented in images than words. Here is an interesting and very informative article on how the tattoes of the Native Americans were documented by the British artists.
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Pakistan has used terrorism and madman brinksmanship to paralyze India's responses, until the Modi government called out its bluff through evolving actions - Surgical strikes, Balakot, and Operation Sindoor. Pakistan will not stop. So can't India. A deep analysis.
Disruptive promise of and June 12th US ban on Mythos shook the world. There are competing AI visions - Krishna vs Clarke. Convergence of Quantum, AGI/ASI and Crypto may unprecedentedly destroy our world if not enslave humanity.
Musk promises abundance for all. A Scottish earl explained 200 years ago why the machines that make everything will make their owners richer than ever, and everyone else dependent. The real question was never the size of your ration. It is who owns the river, and who holds the rod above him.
Disparagement humor is a built and financed weapon. It boxes a people with a label, hardens the label into stigma, and makes the sacred laughable until a civilization forgets why it was worth saving. Rome never learned this lesson. However, India needs to. Ask - Who is paying for the laughter?
Robin Williamson
Desh Kapoor
Max Kozlov
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Mairin Odle
