Random Walk
Random Musings On Data, Latest Happenings And Life
Being Human in the world of LLMs
What makes us human?
I miss the good old days….
In search of simpler life…
The art of seeing patterns when there are none!
Exploring Pareidolia
Another type of obesity!
A new take on obesity…
The Fitzcarraldo Moment for AI
The Fitzcarraldo Moment for AI
The Perfection in imperfections!
A gift from the heart…
Who is in charge of the Ship of Theseus?
Will AI take charge of the wheel?
The Dark Side of Connection: How a Cataract Surgery Forced Me to Reconnect
In search of new vision…
The Kobayashi Maru dilemma
Where no one has gone before…
A taxing love story!
In search of a less taxing love story…
Politician’s logic
Navigating a path cluttered with speed breakers
Starting with a clean slate
Sometimes it makes sense to wipe the slate clean
3 idiots and the Moloch trap
Avoiding the Moloch trap..
A dog’s life!
Motivating people at workplace
Nemawashi
Preparing the ground for change
The peacock’s tail or the peacock’s tale…..
Some learnings from the peacock’s tail…
Hobbes gets a prize!
Hobbes was right all along..
Give us this day our Daily Streak
Daily streaks help us in meeting long term goals
Dinosaurs didn’t have SCARF!
Have you seen dinosaurs with scarfs?
Is a drunk worm better than a sober one!
Winning vs Being Happy- drunk worm knows better..
Take your pick: self-driving or driving by self?
Do you enjoy the journey?
BSOD of a different kind
This BSOD is more dangerous!
Comfort food for thought
Discover your comfort!
Zipf it!
Zipf’s law could be helpful in running quick predictions
Talking the walk
Do you walk the talk or talk the walk?
It’s time to be humAIn
GenAI is becoming more humAIn
Maslow, rebooted!
A world where “wants” far outnumber “needs”..
Soaking up the sun
Soaking up the sun is a good way to tackle endowment effect
Benjamin Button, Lindy effect & why some ideas stick..
Lindy or Not Lindy..that is the question!
Remembering Kahneman & India’s optimism
Loss Aversion vs Delusional Optimism
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater
LLMs are like babies…
Santa Claus moments
Anyone could be Santa Claus
Is it just a coincidence?
We look for patterns when none exist
Star Trek, Maslow and mimetic desire
On a journey to explore our world shaped by mimetic desire
An unequal world and the goldilocks growth zone
Growth will take place under moderate inequality
Personal Budget
Taking inspiration from union budget
We need more Pollyannas in today’s world
We need more positivity and optimism..
The business of democracy
Democracy from a business lens
Will the future bring RenAIssance?
A nonlinear path towards digital renaissance
Viktor Frankl, new year resolutions & my first book!
My journey towards writing a book
Here comes the strawman!
There will be lots of strawmen to be spotted in 2024
It’s that time of the year!
Words are a reflection of the zeitgeist
Criminal investigation at work
Applying principles of criminal investigation to workplaces..
Beware! Dark patterns are here…
Understanding nudges and dark patterns can give us better control..
Food for thought
There are similarities between food & information
What lies ahead?
We will default to short term thinking…
The Hare and the Tortoise
There are no winners on the path to diversity…
Overworked yet happy!
We are happy while complaining about being over-worked…
We should always take the weather with us!
Indians should take their weather with them…
Fairy Tales Leadership
Fairy Tales are a good source of leadership lessons…
To grow rapidly, or not to grow rapidly, that is the question!
The growth dilemma..
An Ode to Pythagoras
The best way to remember Pythagoras
Doing nothing is productive
Sometimes doing nothing is needed to progress
Sherlock Holmes and Market Research
Would Sherlock Holmes have been a good market researcher?
Of randomness, diversity and coffee!
The art of enjoying your coffee through diversity and randomness
Re-visiting the ugly duckling
There would be no ugly ducklings in absence of of biases
The world smells wonderful
Our sense of smell- the unsung hero!
Down the rabbit hole
Alice did not need social media to go down the rabbit hole
Is failure an option?
Single Points of Failure (SPOF) matter more..
The answer is…
Asking the ultimate question is more important than finding a simple answer
We are witnessing a Schumpeterian moment right now
It is time for embracing creative destruction
Why some heroes never complete their journey?
Everyone has the potential to be a hero, but few make the journey..
Defaulting to truth- why advertising works?
Defaulting to truth doesn’t mean defaulting only to ‘my’ truth
Snowflakes
Being a snowflake comes with a great responsibility..
Pompeii pizza anyone?
Enjoying the Pompeii pizza on the ship of Theseus..
Barnum effect & fortune tellers..
The Barnum legacy lives on..
Ice creams and quantum thinking
Ice creams or quantum thinking- what do we want?
The most pathbreaking technology of its time!
AI- a story without any moral..
Welcome to the (Bayesian) machine!
Let’s be more Bayesian in our thinking..
The Sengol symbolism and Goodhart’s law
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure..
Thank you Mr Mayor!
Breaking down bigger issues into smaller ones..
Green could be the next red!
What can hyperbolic discounting teach us?
Polarization is here to stay!
Social media is restricting our bounded rationality..
Maximizing our personal ROI
Investing in the most important asset we possess..
Simpson’s Paradox
Homer may not care about this paradox, but we should..
The Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony!
ChatGPT is buzzing for the wrong reason
May be a picture isn’t worth a thousand word after all..
Have you smelled a rose recently?
Digital roses are difficult to smell for sure..
It’s time to be more literate about literacy..
Data literacy is important in today’s data rich world..
The tale of Information Entropy …Episode 2
Sometimes slowing down makes us go faster..
The tale of Information Entropy …Episode 1
Our world is going crazy with too much information..
Budget 2022- is it a ‘Performance’ budget or ‘Brand’
Indian government has a difficult choice – build brand or deliver performance..
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