Our minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia – Google, Twitter and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks alarmed by a race for human attention – Link here
The difficulty of being trustworthy – Link here
The Thrill of Losing Money by Investing in a Manhattan Restaurant – Link here – story is not much different in a city of Mumbai.
How the government quietly scaled back its ambitious plans to reform fertiliser subsidies – Link here
The Art Of Beautiful Note Taking – Link here
Uber Pushed the Limits of the Law. Now Comes the Reckoning – Link here
How capitalism is setting washerwomen free – Link here
Scientists find gold worth $2 million in Swiss sewage – Link here
American businessman Manoj Bhargava again proves the Indian press is stupid – Link here
Why the hype around medical genetics is a public enemy – Link here
Forget Killer Robots—Bias Is the Real AI Danger – Link here
Overhaul fund manager incentives to win best value for investors – Link here
This has to be one of the interesting history tidbits of our popular snack – Culinary encounters in Uzbekistan: Discovering the roots of the world’s most popular snack – Link here – do check his other post, makes for an amazing read.