April 1, 2021: Unintended consequences of tree planting; The purpose of technology; Avoid men, follow women

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• the last supper
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Technology
• tree planting programmes
• Creativity
• Walter Isaacson
• Balaji Srinivasan

December 5, 2020: Our consumption of technology has shot up. Is it bad? It depends

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• Technology
• technology consumption
• FF Recommends
• Digital Media
• screen time

This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 26, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

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• GM mosquitoes
• Luminar IPO
• Tata super app
• Technology
• lidar
• special purpose acquisition company

In their book ‘The New Long Life’, Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton say, as individuals and as a society, we need to reimagine work, career, learning and relationships, among other things. And both the young and the old will need to share the burden and opportunities of longer lives

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• longevity
• future of work
• Technology
• Lynda Gratton
• Books
• Andrew Scott

July 27: Workspace as a bundle; how the poor are falling through the cracks of online education; how Mondays have changed

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• future of work
• Workspace
• Technology
• Timothy Garton Ash
• online education
• work from home

The world over, there is a “tribalisation of opinion”. Where are the spaces to listen to people not like us?

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• consumer sentiment
• Food delivery services
• Technology
• jobs
• Artificial Intelligence
• innovation
• Indian economy

Much of the optimism about technology has settled down to cautious optimism. There is a growing realisation that we need both techies and fuzzies. There is a renewed appreciation for systems thinking

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• Technology
• Entrepreneurship
• Digital disruption
• Steve Jobs
• Aadhaar

The pace of change is accelerating. Uncertainty is growing. Businesses are on tenterhooks. And on the cusp of a new decade, India’s digital economy is yet again poised for a reset

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• journalism
• kiranas
• UPI
• Trends
• television
• media
• Technology
• privacy
• data protection
• retail
• Telecom
• OTT

Global Capability Centres have played a big role in the development of Indian engineering and innovation capabilities. Protectionist trends like the US-China trade disputes now raise important questions for India

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• India R&D centres
• protectionism
• Technology
• Innovation
• data localisation
• Globalisation
• MNC Global Capability Centres

Nir Eyal wrote the definitive book on how to design tech products that will get people hooked. His latest book ‘Indistractable’ has advice on how to avoid digital distractions and hold our own in this war for our attention. Some insights from the book

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• Technology
• addictive tech design
• Books
• Nir Eyal
• Economies of Engagement