Open Letter to the ICC and BCCI To: – Mr. Jay Shah, Chairman, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) – The Chairman and Governing Council, International Cricket Council (ICC) From: M. K. Sudarshan A devoted lover and long-time follower of international cricket Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Email: mksudarshan2002@yahoo.co.in Mobile: +91 9884287078 Date: 26Continue reading “Open Letter to the ICC and BCCI — Subject: A Proposal to Introduce “Net Catching Efficiency” as an Official Career Metric in International Cricket”
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How the “Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility”, “Moore’s Law” and “Jevon’s Paradox” teach us all the true Meaning of Life (Part 3 Concluded)
Human Nature, LDMU, and the Search for “Parama Puruṣārtha” Yet that sequence cannot go on forever. For all the empirical power of Moore’s Law and of Jevons’ Paradox, there is a deeper, more stubborn constant: human nature itself. And human nature, as the law of diminishing marginal utility suggests, is wired for satiation, for aContinue reading “How the “Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility”, “Moore’s Law” and “Jevon’s Paradox” teach us all the true Meaning of Life (Part 3 Concluded)”
How the “Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility”, “Moore’s Law” and “Jevon’s Paradox” teach us all the true Meaning of Life (Part 2 of 3)
– Part 2 – How One Blends into the Other At first sight, Jevons’ Paradox and Moore’s Law seem to march in tandem while the law of diminishing marginal utility trails behind, like a conservative chorus whispering, “Beware of excess.” But the deeper one looks, the more the three form a subtle choreography. Start withContinue reading “How the “Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility”, “Moore’s Law” and “Jevon’s Paradox” teach us all the true Meaning of Life (Part 2 of 3)”
The Arc of a Brave New 22nd Century World… the Bhagavad Gītā, and the Bible – Part 3 (CONCLUDED)
Confronted with such a pattern, it is unsurprising that two great scriptures of the world — one recent in history, and the other very ancient — the Bible and the Bhagavad Gītā speak not in the language of dispassionate geopolitics, but in the idiom of divine justice and cosmic rectification. It is cruel irony, perhaps,Continue reading “The Arc of a Brave New 22nd Century World… the Bhagavad Gītā, and the Bible – Part 3 (CONCLUDED)”
Has India’s budget spending on Defence and National Security been as smart and wise as Iran’s turns out to be today ?
Please take a good, long and hard look at the table below . India’s total defence budget outlay has risen 8 fold in the last 25 years ( $11 billion to $91 billion) while Iran’s has risen only 3 times (from around $3 billion to $8 billion in the same period). In 2001, India andContinue reading “Has India’s budget spending on Defence and National Security been as smart and wise as Iran’s turns out to be today ?”
Is India equipped to fight modern conventional and asymmetrical warfare with lethal drones ? 3 Questions.
My 3 questions to AI this morning: The ongoing war in Iran and Ukraine confirm that modern warfare today is prosecuted not with battle tanks and fighter jets but with lethal drones . 1. Is India equipped and weaponised in that department? 2. Is there a major chink in India’s Defence preparedness for modern warfare.Continue reading “Is India equipped to fight modern conventional and asymmetrical warfare with lethal drones ? 3 Questions.”
Peter Turchin, “Manu-Smriti” and the “distress” of “Elite Overproduction” looming over India – (Part 3 of 3) CONCLUDED
Let it not be misunderstood that today in the Democratic Republic of India, any body — not even an obscure, even maybe obscurantist writer like me — would be foolhardy enough to argue for the Manu Smriti to replace the Constitution of India. That would be sheer political sacrilege today in India… No, none ofContinue reading “Peter Turchin, “Manu-Smriti” and the “distress” of “Elite Overproduction” looming over India – (Part 3 of 3) CONCLUDED”
The most lethal weapon Trump can deploy to instantly end Ukraine war is not Tariffs or Sanctions …
The most lethal and effective weapon Donald Trump can deploy to instantly end Ukraine war is not Tariffs or Sanctions … It’s weaponising American tech-giant companies . Or, even threatening to deploy it . How is that possible ? Here is a plausible explanation : Trump can commandeer all the undersea fibre-optic cable networks aroundContinue reading “The most lethal weapon Trump can deploy to instantly end Ukraine war is not Tariffs or Sanctions …”
Democracy is not in the voting but in the counting … and well before counting , it’s in the voter listing
Very pertinent points raised in this The Hindu Op-Ed today. It all boils down simply to the fundamental problem related to certifying citizenship of this country. Aadhaar card was touted as the technological marvel that had solved the problem permanently. We all remember how 10-12 years ago, all citizens were made by the government to run helter-skelterContinue reading “Democracy is not in the voting but in the counting … and well before counting , it’s in the voter listing”
IQ, EQ, AI … and the future of the corporate workplace
25-Year-Old Krutrim Techie Found Dead In Bengaluru, Toxic Work Culture Blamed: By NDTV via Dailyhunthttp://dhunt.in/10ndaZ When I read the above news item I felt very sorry for the young man… what a wasted precious life … ! But what I don’t understand is why did this guy have to take such an extreme step ?!!Continue reading “IQ, EQ, AI … and the future of the corporate workplace”