(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) “Inadequate Equilibria” by Eliezer Yudkowsky author at Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) addresses the question as to whether there exists any avenue or opportunity for individual thinking, in a globalised and internet fueled world where the norm is to place blind and total trust on expert agreements. It dwells deeply on the … Continue reading Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck – Eliezer Yudkowsky

(Image Credit: http://www.barnesandnoble,com) At the time of this review, Shankar Acharya holds the distinction of having served for the longest period (8 years) as India’s Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), and under three diverse finance ministers: Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram and Yashwant Sinha. From a reading of “An Economist at Home and Abroad”, we are also … Continue reading An Economist at Home and Abroad – Shankar Acharya