I use the “Public Choice Theory” to make sense of otherwise inexplicable situations in politics and business.
Education Never Ends
“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.” - Sherlock Holmes. In my college days, I used to flunk classes to visit the library. While the missed classes instantly reflected in poor grades, the knowledge gained at the library was of no immediate value. At the library,... Continue Reading →
Applying Systems Thinking to Population Problems
In a previous edition, we touched on why systems problems cannot be solved by rational reasoning alone. Let’s explore with examples. In 1967, Romania decided to reverse its population decline by making abortions illegal. It seemed to have the desired effect: the birth rate tripled. Yet, the birth rate not just crawled back to its... Continue Reading →
How PV Narasimha Rao transformed India
I pay my tributes to the statesman par excellence who successfully pulled India back from the brink.
Nonlinearity at Work
System problems are “rooted in the internal structure of complex systems.” They are, “undesirable behaviors characteristic of the system structures that produce them.”
Can AI replace artists?
Commercial considerations aside, what do artists have against AI?
Take Control of Your Personal Brand
Whether or not you’re aware of it, people have already formed an opinion about you.
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Case Against Globalization?
Exploring the central question about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. How could Union Carbide get away with it? How did Warren Anderson, UCC’s CEO at the time of the tragedy, go scott-free?
Thinking 2024 on the Margins
Thinking on the margins means coming down your ivory towers and making pragmatic choices based on your realities.
Midlife Reboot
As far as clarity in life is concerned, the mid-30s got it made.
Musings by Madhav 