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Rushi Luhar in MOSTLY HARMLESS

Feb 22, 2018

On Simulated Thinking

Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse” made a deep impression on me when I read it ten years ago. The book explored the reasons why societies fail.

Rushi Luhar in MOSTLY HARMLESS

Dec 26, 2015

Review: The Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Rise of the Robots (RoR) was voted as the Financial Time’s Business Book of the Year* for 2015.

I found the book to be a disappointment. RoR…

Rushi Luhar in MOSTLY HARMLESS

Dec 10, 2010

Propaganda in the age of Wikileaks

Gloria Origgi, in Edge 335 states that we are leaving the information age behind and are entering a reputation age. She posits that one of the reasons for the influence Wikileaks wields in current political and social discourse is due to powerful, and reputed media…

Rushi Luhar in MOSTLY HARMLESS

Nov 8, 2010

Meetings

I wonder if there is a simple and straightforward formula which determines the value proposition of having a meeting at work. Corporations love looking at the bottom line. Cost saving measures abound in these economically straightened times. Travel budgets are slashed, weary executives travel coach class and…

Rushi Luhar in MOSTLY HARMLESS

Sep 13, 2010

Echo Chamber

Does anybody even remember the term “Information Superhighway” any more? Do you remember a pre-global warming, pre-divorce, skinny Al Gore and his dubious claims on inventing the Internet? We were told about having the world’s knowledge at our finger tips. The Internet would free information and provide…