There’s a poorly argued article doing the rounds titled, ‘Don’t be fooled — Elon Musk’s electric cars aren’t about to save the planet’. Go ahead and read the article first.
This may come as a surprise to you, but before we had bullock carts, cycles, motorcycles, cars and buses, people used…
By Siddharth Singh, 10th January, 2016
The 2008 financial crisis took down with it several individuals and institutions. For instance, eight of the top ten wealthiest individuals in 2006 are no longer on the…
By Siddharth Singh, 2nd April, 2016
Update: While the original piece is available below, turns out that the news article on which it was based was incorrect. The…
By Siddharth Singh, 17th February, 2016
Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber brought to light an interesting fact. Back in 1914, someone started a ridesharing service that closely resembles Uber…
Physicist Mark Buchanan suggests on Bloomberg that our economies may be “losing” the “high-stakes race with its own growth”. He writes,
Lest our use of energy and materials get out…