Steve Jobs said it best – Customers don’t always know what they want. You have to show them. But how to tell the difference between something customers didn’t know they wanted vs. something you think they want but they actually don’t? This applies even more to AI-powered tools. Some use cases are obvious – when…
Always build for the second version
Something I learned the hard way working in the product space is that the requirement in front of you is never the last one. Always build for the second version. On one of my initial projects, we were scoping analytics views with stakeholders for a new financial product. The requirement seemed pretty straightforward: show portfolio…
Post-Enlightenment Originality Deficiency
It’s been quite some time since I wrote something I liked enough to share. As I keep thinking of new things to write about, I’m increasingly concerned that they are more influenced by the content I consume (sometimes involuntarily or subconsciously) and less by what is conceived in my head. This constant tug of war…
The Ultimate Takeover
“Gradually, then suddenly”- these words by Ernest Hemingway quite aptly describe the rise of technology in the world and into our lives.
Economic Statecraft: The Ultimate Weapon?
Giulio Douhet, an Italian military theorist, had once stated that the spatial limitations of ground and sea combat meant that “it was impossible to invade the enemy’s territory without first breaking through his defensive lines.” Well, he overlooked the one big loophole in this fundamental constraint. There exists a vital component of policy-making which counters…
The Iron Flame
What does it take, sometimes I wonder
To be in tatters and yet, strike like thunder
The first name that crossed my mind?
A fierce warrior of the purest kind
A world we’re going to make
Love and labour is what it will take,
Miles to go for the world we’re going to make…
Are wars relevant anymore?
War has been one constant throughout human history. It is said that the Harrapans were pacifists and hence paid the price of extermination. The earliest historical records in India is of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, two epic wars, damned with bloodshed and stellar proportions of violence. Further down the history comes the carnage committed by…
Reforming the Indian Law Commission
Is the law commission of India a victim of colonial hangover? Has it been hamstrung by the very act that lead to its inception?
Global Recession: An Impending Epocalypse?
If the basket of woes keeps brimming over, the global economy is likely to be going down the same rabbit hole it tumbled into during the 2008 crisis.
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