Why Marlboro Maker Bet on Juul, the Vaping Upstart Aiming to Kill Cigarettes – Link here AI to the Rescue: How Phones are Turning into Plant Doctors for Thousands of Farmers – Link here A eulogy for every product Google has ruthlessly killed (145 and counting) – Link here or Link here Owning a Car …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 30-Mar-19The Hidden Risk When You Own Stocks for the Long Run – Link here Why Are Bots Unable to Check “I Am Not a Robot” Checkboxes? – Link here Marcellus: The Courage to be Disliked – Link here (YouTube) Why Amazon Is Going After Netflix – Link here DeepMind and Google: the battle to …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 23-Mar-19(Must Read) The Stormtrooper Problem: Why Thought Diversity Makes Us Better – Link here Counter intuitive Competitive Advantages – Link here (From 2013 but makes for interesting read) The Second-Mover Advantage – Link here How the Rich Really Play, “Who Wants To Be An Ivy Leaguer?” – Link here Jorge Paulo Lemann is a ‘terrified …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 16-Mar-19(Must Read) The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed the way Britain shops – Link here We have to fix fashion if we want to survive the climate crisis – Link here Not Caring: A Unique and Powerful Skill – Link here Peak Car Poses a Mortal Threat to Germany’s Most Important Industry – …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 9-Mar-19Interview with psephologist Professor Sanjay Kumar. He is director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies whose electoral research wing, Lokniti, conducts surveys on elections, generating a rich vein of data on voting patterns of different castes, classes and religious groups – Link here (Twitter thread) Thinking aloud on the likely Uber Eats …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 2-Mar-19Why Ford Hired a Furniture Maker as CEO – Link here Opinion | Debt funds have gone too far – Link here and Mutual funds as lenders? Sahi nahin hain – Link here Why Do Markets Go Up? – Link here Different Kinds of Stupid – Link here Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 23-Feb-19So I recently finished reading “The Sceptical Patriot”, its superb book if you are interested in getting to know real facts about India. Often once in a while you get those messages saying why is India so Great because – India Invented zero, India invented plastic surgery, because 30% of NASA employees are Indian or …
Read More Book Review – The Sceptical Patriot“Your Money Is Safe in Art”: How the Times-Sotheby Index Transformed the Art Market – Link here Where Big Leaps Happen – Link here Meet The People Running A Farm In The Middle Of Andheri – Herbivore Farms – Link here – (YouTube) The 70% top tax rate, explained with potatoes – Link here …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 16-Feb-19(Beauty of Gokarna) Davos Panelist Calls Out Davos For Not Addressing the Obvious – Link here The World Might Actually Run Out Of People – Link here Are Greasy Snacks Smearing Your Phone? Japan Has Found a Solution – Link here India may revise plans to restrict the online promotion of vaping and e-cigarettes …
Read More Read, Learn, Improve – 9-Feb-19(Beauty of Gokarna Beach) Samuel Andrews: The Man With the Billion Dollar Ego – Link here Fickle Fortune – Link here Double Your Money – Link here The Biggest Valuation Spread in 40 Years? – Link here What happened when Oslo decided to make its downtown basically car-free? – Link Here The robot revolution will …
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