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Into the mind of the Indian politician
·Economy, Policy & Society

Into the mind of the Indian politician

Corruption is a clichéd narrative to woo voters. What alternative narrative can politicians sell to the world’s largest democracy?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Giving birth to a new European steel behemoth
·Business & Strategy

Giving birth to a new European steel behemoth

The logic behind the partnership between Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp to give shape to a sustainable steel business in Europe is compelling. But the labour pains involved are likely to be equally challenging

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

The lost leadership skill of listening
·Leadership & Organisation

The lost leadership skill of listening

Why strong leaders listen, why AI may not be all that threatening, and why trust will beat empty opinions

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AlphaGo versus Kasparov, Puchu and Champu
·Artificial Intelligence

AlphaGo versus Kasparov, Puchu and Champu

That artificial intelligence is here to stay seems a given. But Garry Kasparov and I believe we aren’t going any place. My little girls need us

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Opinion is free. But is it trustworthy?
·Leadership & Organisation

Opinion is free. But is it trustworthy?

That those in the media are toast is now part of popular opinion. But the fact that an opinion is widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Taming the tech beast
·Economy, Policy & Society

Taming the tech beast

Why we need dialogue and deliberation to regulate technology, the trouble with TED talks, and how Richard Thaler’s nudge principles can be used for good and bad

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Will technology destroy democracy?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Will technology destroy democracy?

Job destruction, fake news, polarisation. Rapid advances in technology are blamed for these. Is that claim justified? Are other factors at play? Who will regulate technology?

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

Performance monkeys on the TED stage
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Performance monkeys on the TED stage

What started out as an intellectually stimulating event has degenerated into a series of shallow performances

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Nudge versus Richard Thaler
·Economy, Policy & Society

Nudge versus Richard Thaler

It looks inevitable technology companies will outrun the theories of the Nobel Prize winner in Economics. And that is a frightening thought

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

How may Einstein have thought of God and Aadhaar?
·Economy, Policy & Society

How may Einstein have thought of God and Aadhaar?

Does God exist? Is eating meat ethical? What about systems like Aadhaar? What about questions like these? A century after Einstein thought a hypothesis to explain the nature of space and time, it stands proven, and has been awarded the Nobel Prize. How may he take these questions on?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Building tech as if people mattered
·Leadership & Organisation

Building tech as if people mattered

Book review: In his new book ‘Hit Refresh’, Satya Nadella talks about operating with empathy and technology as a force for social good

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

An emergent India story
·Economy, Policy & Society

An emergent India story

This Week: Amazon’s omni-channel push into Indian retail, an interview with Daniel Kahneman, urban youth and the India story, and reframing the Aadhaar debate

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