What makes this article extremely well researched is how nicely it has captured the nuances like these:

"But these online uncles are easy targets. My conversations on workplace politics offer a more complex and nuanced picture of the unhelpful uncle. The men that drew maximum ire from the women I interviewed were not right-wing WhatsApp uncles. Instead, I heard multiple stories about how self-professed liberal uncles, often beta-men, could inflict chronic damage on a woman’s career and confidence. Navigating and complaining about a clear and clumsy display of bias is far more straightforward—although onerous—than its subtle and sophisticated form."

https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/the-tyranny-of-the-indian-uncle-111672327137553.html

This interactive long form article starts out similar to waitbutwhy's "Your Life in Weeks". But it then manifests into a collection of timeless wisdom about our time on earth and what we seek to get out of it. If you feel stuck in a unending todo list, you must read this.

#mentalhealth #productivity

https://leebyron.com/4000/

The world is full of these "intellectuals". It is easy to call human beings as evolved animals who still fall prey to cognitive biases that make them revere these bullshitters. But, it could also be seen as the lack of a compelling alternative. The vacuum of thought leadership with substance leads to the rise of "thought leadership" without substance.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve

#society #intellectualism

Written in the context of explaining ChatGPT, this article is a guide that, from scratch, gives an intuitive sense of machine learning.

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/

#ml

This is an excerpt from the book Sense and Solidarity by Jean Drèze. The excerpt appears on the website of road scholarz as their philosophy. This is the research vibe that I enjoy and anticipate. This is the standard with which I judge research and researchers.

https://roadscholarz.net/research-and-action/

#society #research #sociology

I hate paperwork. I hate going to the bank, to the university, to any place which forces you through paperwork. In this essay that I found via @IndianAnarchists channel, the author writes about how these are examples of structural violence. It then goes on to tell more about the issue (which I haven't understood fully 😅). But I like reading articles that I don't understand, especially if they're talking about issues I understand. And the striking example of bank related paperwork that the author uses is extremely relatable for me. The abstract is explained further in section IV which is also relatively readable.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-dead-zones-of-the-imagination

#sociology #society

Quoting the same section that @IFFchats' Apar posted on LinkedIn:

> "That escape from accountability is one of the most valuable services that management consultancies provide. Bosses have certain goals, but don’t want to be blamed for doing what’s necessary to achieve those goals; by hiring consultants, management can say that they were just following independent, expert advice. Even in its current rudimentary form, A.I. has become a way for a company to evade responsibility by saying that it’s just doing what “the algorithm” says, even though it was the company that commissioned the algorithm in the first place."

https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey

#tech #society

This starts out as a video on "communication", but soon becomes an anarchist guide on how to engage with the hierarchical world powerfully.

#communication #society

https://youtu.be/6T44xBgKV_s

This is a relatively short post, but it talks about a point that I took many years to learn on my own – that instead of thinking of bringing everyone to one #platform (be it in software, be it in physical world), we are better off thinking about communities of communities.

https://ploum.net/2023-07-06-stop-trying-to-make-social-networks-succeed.html


On that note, a discussion group has been added to this channel. Perhaps it will become our own community: https://t.me/+lHf6LCR6KmgzMWRk

Kiran Kumbhar makes the most sensible argument against advocates of Ayurveda (disguised in the term AYUSH) in India – that their advocacy is steeped in hypocrisy.

https://kirankumbhar.substack.com/p/traditional-medicine-india-history-ayurveda

Vijeta Kumar is back with this melodical composition. I won't blame you if you desire to sit back and close your eyes while reading it.

https://no-niin.com/issue-18/love-is-for-the-ones-who-love-the-work-how-close-reading-interrupts-caste-in-the-classroom/

When we are #learning a subject over years there are stages you cross after which if you look back you would be like "wow! I can't believe this used to be so difficult one year ago". Just saw this talk about that in mathematics and teaching mathematics. I have felt it in every subject.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/zHU1xH6Ogs4

Part 2: https://youtu.be/4HFyWC-YtIk

This is an old video on nonviolent communication. It's been instrumental in my first steps towards using language carefully.

https://youtu.be/l7TONauJGfc

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt

This is an interesting anecdote about #problems that seem illogical, irrational, and impossible at the beginning, but with a slight restatement becomes obvious and straightforward. Got via hackernews thread at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37584399 where there are even more similar anecdotes shared.

In the last article of the series, Ravikant Kisana gives me the answer to the question that keeps unsettling me – 'How is it that people who speak radical words also do regressive things without blinking?'

https://theswaddle.com/saving-the-world-like-a-savarna/

The propensity to make mistakes is a universal human trait. But how mistakes are dealt with varies from culture to culture. This particular 500 million dollars mistake and how it was dealt with is a life lesson in itself.

https://www.chrislewicki.com/articles/failurestory

I'm not sure if I've said this here. I have been studying "leadership" for many years – unaffiliated to any university. I haven't put together my thesis yet. But it is gonna come soon. This article came up in a lit search today and it is very nice https://hbr.org/2023/03/you-need-two-leadership-gears

This is a dilemma every day for me. I've been dead against personal branding all this while. My 2024 resolution says "allow myself the luxury of personal branding" (not "do personal branding"). That's how much I hate it. This article goes into the depth of the pit.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/1/24056883/tiktok-self-promotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following

Is all #knowledge codifiable? Even when LLMs like ChatGPT become extremely capable, they're limited to codifiable knowledge - things that can be expressed in words. What about "tacit" knowledge? Things that can only be known? That are very very difficult to articulate? How do humans learn these? How are these connected to transformative experiences? A lot of such questions come up when reading this article (beginning of a series)

https://commoncog.com/tacit-knowledge-is-a-real-thing/

Found this YouTube series on "What is Politics" very informative and thought provoking.
– what's the actual definition of politics, where does it happen every day in our lives?
– what's the definition of left and right?
– what's socialism, capitalism?
– where does anarchism fit in?
– what is materialism and idealism?
– what is a practical way to affect change in hierarchies?
– [really challenging one] how's identity politics, cancel culture, political correctness, etc figuring in these?
– why did Russia fail?

I personally feel that this podcast would have been perfect if it engaged with intersectionality respectfully. But, it is nevertheless the most I've thought/learnt in many months.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU4FEuj4v9eAU706Cz_fCvcG44pNow14Y&feature=shared