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Vivek Srinivasan

Eavesdrop

In the olden buildings were built with wide eaves which would overhang on the roof so that rainwater could fall away from the building…

1 min read4 days ago

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Eavesdrop

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Vivek Srinivasan

Ruling Party

Our language gives away the reality of most situations.

2 min readApr 12, 2024

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Ruling Party

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Vivek Srinivasan

To Dye for: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick and How We Can Fight Back

When a new uniform was introduced by Alaska Airlines, some of the flight attendants started falling sick after wearing the uniform —…

4 min readApr 9, 2024

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To Dye for: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick and How We Can Fight Back

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Vivek Srinivasan

How to create the biggest media game in town

In September 1959, India created its state-owned public television company called Doordarshan. It was a very humble beginning and few, if…

7 min readApr 5, 2024

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How to create the biggest media game in town

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Vivek Srinivasan

Blueprint

Sir John Herschel lived in Kent, England. He was a polymath who was a mathematician, astronomer and chemist.

2 min readApr 1, 2024

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Blueprint

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Vivek Srinivasan

Game Theory

The moment Game Theory mentioned, the first name that gets thrown up is that of John Nash, made famous by the movie “A Beautiful Mind”.

6 min readMar 29, 2024

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Game Theory

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Vivek Srinivasan

Material World

This is an incredible book about the materials that make our world possible and how little we realise what an outsized role these materials…

5 min readMar 25, 2024

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Material World

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Vivek Srinivasan

Unwilling to distinguish

When Osama Bin Laden went to the Saudi King in the late 70s seeking funding to put an end to the Western infidels. The king had just agreed…

3 min readMar 22, 2024

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Unwilling to distinguish

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Vivek Srinivasan

Peaking Interest

Borrowing is necessitated in business when there is a mismatch between cash inflow and cash outflow. Interest is the penalty that you pay…

5 min readMar 15, 2024

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Peaking Interest

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Vivek Srinivasan

Sabotage

There are two stories about the origin of this word, both from 19th-century France. The one thing that we can be certain of is that it had…

2 min readMar 9, 2024

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Sabotage

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