
When We Stopped Taking Things Apart
How abstraction, AI, and frictionless systems may be reshaping confidence, cognition, and first-principles thinking
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How abstraction, AI, and frictionless systems may be reshaping confidence, cognition, and first-principles thinking

AI-driven, multi-layered maps could change how we understand power, culture, and the choices future generations will inherit

A small turbine and a flicker of light tell a different story.

The mystery lives on. But now we have facts

The mystery is not just about what happened—but why? And how can it be prevented in the future? The third and concluding part of a three part series

As the machines are advancing relentlessly, do we let AI think for us, or do we stay actively human?

Rather than fighting the use of AI in the classroom, it’s time to reimagine the real goals of learning and teaching

Insights from Yuval Noah Harari’s book ‘Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI’

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) had a pivotal role in shaping India’s computer-tech capability, as early as the 1960s. An extract from ‘Against All Odds: The IT Story of India’ by Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu and Krishnan Narayanan

August 8, 2022: SuperSable, Problem with Instagram?, Gender and physics
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