James Lovelock is fast approaching his one hundredth birthday. However, neither the fragilities of age nor the passage of time seems to have succeeded in diminishing the scientific fervor and curiosity of one of the greatest and grandest thinkers of our era - or for that matter, any era. Lovelock’s very DNA seems to be … Continue reading Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence – James Lovelock

big basket is India’s first comprehensive online megastore that has under its umbrella a gargantuan portfolio of more than 20000 products spread across more than 1000 brands, all of which cater to a burgeoning number of 4 million customers. In their book, “Saying No to Jugaad”, authors Hari and Subramanian, both of whom are also … Continue reading Saying No to Jugaad: The Making of big basket – T.N.Hari & M.S.Subramanian

Following closely in the footsteps of Rebecca Mackinnon and Shoshana Zuboff, Jillian York in her interesting, upcoming and provocative work, “Silicon Values”, distills the various anomalies involved in “content moderation” that is practiced (or abdicated) by the giants of technology such as Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Ms. York brings to bear her formidable experience … Continue reading Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism – Jillian York