Tag: Cultural Essay
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who will AI write out of history?
there’s no doubt that those of us with the privilege of the internet, English language, and of safety from horrors unfolding in different parts of the world, are currently witnessing a technological revolution not seen before. Artificial Intelligence, emerging from the decades-long effort of Information Technology, and sweeping over our understanding of what it means…
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yes, the perfect vacation exists
Date: November 2024Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu I check into my hotel and find a sweet welcome basket—snacks, drinks, a chocolate. After my hosts depart, I sink into a bathrobe and let the coziness of the Taj Coromandel’s rooms lull me into a nap, pushing aside the impulse to over-plan my first day in the city. For once,…
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Collect the dots before you connect the dots
Steve Jobs’ said this to Stanford, and the world absorbed it as its motto. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards,” he said, to eager students, pushing them to not over-plan their life, and take it as it comes. This idea of connecting the dots is not new – it…
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Age, agency, and being the older woman in a romance
About The Idea of You, Something In the Rain, and cougars
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Dating apps and our algorithmic behaviours
Here’s how dating apps do a disservice; turning us all into caricatures of what we see and hear around us.
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The Year of Chai, and not turning 30
Why be 30, or 29, or 28, when you can define your years in chai, pool, and co-working?