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    On history: 75 stories about freedom from the lowlands

    History is nuanced. None of us are allowed to sit on a pedestal, none of us were the victims, because in some version of the same story, we all have occupied all roles.

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    The future of artificial intelligence is now: How our choices today impact our reality of tomorrow

    We need to design AI with the human interest at the center, in a way that it enriches our lives and ensures an inclusive world in the future. The responsibility lies with each and every one of us.

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    When Wait is a synonym for Never: On why we need to be impatient for change

    Leadership is not just about the trajectory of change, it is also about the pace of change. It is time we had an inclusive world, a world we can be ourselves, where we are beyond labels.

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    Welcome to my sandbox

    A place of play, experimentation and freedom. To let go of constraints, and let the imagination roam free. My sandbox is where I tinker - where I take what I observe, feel or think, and give them new shapes. Welcome.

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Quantum inspires images of superposition, entangle Quantum inspires images of superposition, entanglement, spooky action… most of us simply cannot get our heads around it. How could a cat be dead and alive at the same time, we ask? Whether we understand it or not does not make it any less real. What if human beings are quantum beings? E.g. we yearn for coherence. Quantum finds coherence in incoherence. Instead of trying to resolve contradictions, lets embrace them, acquire the ability to absorb contradictions. To craft narratives that are true and false at the same time. To accept personas that are white and black simultaneously. ⁠
Technology, like any other tool, is neutral. Wheth Technology, like any other tool, is neutral. Whether it helps or harms depends on the human. On every single human. So what is it that we need/ can do as individuals, organizations and society? Find out on sandbox (Link in bio)⁠
Here’s a picture of my happy place. May the righ Here’s a picture of my happy place. May the right book find you at the right time, Happy world book day everyone!
“It's a shame that the only thing a man can do f “It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat, drink or make love for eight hours.”– William Faulkner. An examined life (the only kind of life worth living, the wise man says), therefore, cannot exist without examining work. Furthermore, we are going through unprecedented changes at work – what will future of work bring? Will it be called work? How can we be better at work? Should we aspire to be better at work? Or to work at all? So many questions, so much to examine at #TheExaminedWork
There is no coin without two sides – there is no There is no coin without two sides – there is no appreciation of connection without the experience of loneliness. We, as humanity, seem to be struggle to come to terms with isolation in whatever degree we may be experiencing it. The Lonely City by Olivia Liang is an exploration of loneliness, an emotion often acknowledged only shamefully in modern society. In lyrical captivating writing, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, how could we live if we are not intimately engaged with another human being, how do we connect with other people, does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens…and many more such timely and relevant questions.
When I think of the future, I imagine a world wher When I think of the future, I imagine a world where every day is a woman's day. Where every day is a man's day. And every day is everyone's day. Where we are all celebrated everyday, for the unique individuals we are, where we are all #beyondlabels⁠ ⁠ Check out my thoughts on gender, #labels and everything beyond them at the link in bio.⁠
You can never step into the same river twice. In t You can never step into the same river twice. In the same way, you can never be the person you used to be. Every moment, every day, we are slightly different from our past self. Most of the time, the change is too small for us to observe with our limited observational skills. “You’ve changed,” is not a criticism, it is a reality. How do we embrace our changing identities, but identify or nurture our “red-thread”? Could we achieve the fluidity to retain and retrieve what we used to be, while increasing our plasticity to change and grow?
Our need for connection may be universal, but the Our need for connection may be universal, but the way we connect is anything but. The Culture Map is categorized as a business book, and it is primarily aimed at decoding how cultural differences impact work across different countries. But it is ultimately about connecting across cultures, in whatever context it is required. Erin Meyer uses eight “scales” (e.g. communicating, trusting, persuading,…), where each scale is a continuum with the two ends, to describe a specific aspect of culture. While this may come across as a recipe for stereotyping, Meyer is clear to point out that it espouses just the opposite – people are ultimately treated as individuals, with her approach as a crutch to understand their cultural contexts better.
Am fascinated by this book. Zombies in real life. Am fascinated by this book. Zombies in real life. Scary but mostly something we deem to be fictional. In this terrifying book, Matt Simon demonstrates with the precision of a science writer the biological underpinnings of this surprisingly wide spread phenomenon.⁠ ⁠ I am in chapter 1, but getting pulled in to read the rest of this book - is it through free will that I choose to read the rest, or through the mind-bending power of carefully crafted words?
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