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Research, content, and code for cryptonative public goods 📊 Storytelling with data @osobserver ⚒️ Coding https://t.co/4Cisoo9jhv 💻 AI + Product @Atlantis_p2p
Bengaluru, India
Joined August 2011
We have created unidimensional economic games. The values they are optimized for are without soul. Worse, winning the game necessitates accumulation and extraction. You speed run this for some generations, and few are left knowing anything better. Inherent design flaws incentivize individual success at the expense of harm to the community. Worse, those who succeed at optimizing this attain God-like status, creating a vicious circle of those who want to emulate the same plays. It ain't about dismantling everything all together. It is about creating a level playing field where regeneration stands a chance, where solidarity has space, and where stewards who protect public goods can make a living out of it. If we don't do this, the system will keep tilting in favor of the few. Its negative externalities will consume all that we critically need but do not care enough about, from our ecology to those rendered weakest in our society. There ain't no other choice, anon.
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Whether it is Vetal Tekdi in Pune, past attempts to denotify Cubbon Park in Bangalore, or going further back in history, the Millennium Park in Chicago, Golden Gate Park in SF, and Central Park in NY, these spaces survived because there were voices that cared and showed up when it mattered. What do you care for in your neighbourhood?
It always fills me with awe to think we have this breathtakingly lovely space in the heart of Pune city @VetalTekdi For our politicians this is just some real estate which can be 'developed' but for many of us it's an oasis of calm & serenity in the midst of urban clutter đź’š
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The irony of growing up is that all through your childhood you yearn to become an adult and find some belonging, but the world evolves faster than you do and by the time you get there, there are so few things left worth belonging to.
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RT @BPACofficial: BBMP has issued a circular inviting public participation in shaping the future of Greater Bengaluru. To ensure effective,…
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"No one is coming to save you. The world is run by inertia. The system will take decades to correct itself."
We have two choice to fix air pollution issue. Either we argue, debate, and wait for someone else to fix it. Some government intervention or corporate responsibility. That’s a passive way to live. Or start having conversations on how each of us can contribute our part right away. 33,000 people die in India, annually from to air pollution in just 10 Indian cities. #1 Start at home and get an AQI monitor Measure your air and know what you and your kids are breathing. Use air purifiers. Create a clean space for sleeping and breathing. Insist your workplace and kids school to install a monitor and ask them publish the AQI regularly. #2 Stay fit. Your lungs, heart, and immune system are your best defense. Regular exercise, clean eating, and strong respiratory health will make you more resilient to pollution’s effects. A weak body suffers more. #3 If every school, apartment complex, and office block planted more trees, we wouldn’t just improve air quality, we’d create cooler, cleaner neighborhoods. Plant trees not because it’s trendy. Because it’s basic math. More green, cleaner air. #4 If construction is happening near your home, insist on dust control measures—sprinkling water, covering debris, and using dust barriers. Pollution from construction is a silent killer, but it’s preventable. #5 Avoid unnecessary travel in high pollution zones. Protect your lungs like you would protect your wealth. Mask wisely. If the air is bad, wear a proper N95 when outdoors. Not for fear, but for protection. No one is coming to save you. The world is run by inertia. The system will take decades to correct itself. Your children & parents don’t have decades. The air we breathe is the first gift of life, and the last we’ll surrender.
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RT @poojaranjan19: ✨Ecosystem Project Demo: OSObserver✨ @RohitMalekar & @carl_cervone are joining @EthCatHerders to explain how @OSObserver…
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@IrthuSuresh We need our version of Craigslist minus spam plus integration with whatever messenger you prefer.
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Seeing plants grow on 100% harvested rain water is a different kind of joy. It's going to be a long summer in Bangalore and roots are ready for it.
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RT @Cyph3rVae: Join @RohitMalekar @carl_cervone from @OSObserver for @EthCatHerders #EcosystemProjectDay! Learn what's shipped on @OSObser…
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RT @banglani: Financial Advice Survey One of the biggest trends in Indian financial services has been the emergence of a new generation of…
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Most tweets either try to sell you something or serve as a retroactive justification for people's choices—and, by extension, their existence. Neither is inherently bad until you take them at face value without factoring in the reality outside the bubble here.
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Solid take. I would also include hands-off senior roles in tech consulting - one of the reasons I opted out after a decade+ in that life. Although, I feel there will be some institutional inertia until this becomes the norm. Consulting will still find some utility for clients to help with "external" validation and internal political maneuvering. If anyone only uses "strategy" in their role description, better use this lag to learn how to do something else.
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Everything is a spectator sport in this country. State govt announces MoUs worth thousands of crores with foreign firms — just gas. A tech founder rallies for 'native AI on native cloud' — still stealthily on AWS a year later. Media hypes VC mega-rounds without independent review — often end up being "suicide rounds" for startups that could've been sustainable businesses.
I'm convinced India will never be able to compete with the US and China in technology if we keep treating it as a spectacle. A bunch of influential folks are organising, Asia’s “largest AI event” in Mumbai later this month, and the speaker lineup has Bollywood celebrities, cricketers, and YouTube influencers. These are people who haven't written a single line of code in their lives. A country doesn't become a technology leader through celebrity endorsements or political speeches. India will never be a technology powerhouse if we parade technology as an accessory. Real AI innovation doesn’t come from celebrity panels—it comes from builders. PhDs, engineers, founders—people who write code, build models, and deploy systems at scale. The US and China didn’t lead in AI because of influencer summits. They did it through university labs, open-source contributions, and startup founders building from first principles. We need to build an ecosystem to listen and learn from builders. Technology isn’t a spectator sport. If India wants to lead, we must put real builders at the center of the conversation.
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As votes become tradeable assets, this blast from the past rings loud and clear.
@evanhamilton Sharing resources that give me hope. On the first challenge, I agree with your assertion - the sustainable projects in Web3 will be shouldered by communities invested beyond just the economics. Love this passage from the article below. +
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lol...what a thread!
NIH AI is probably least problematic thing that Ola Krutrim is doing to investors and "customers". All of 2024, not one journalist bothered to check if Krutrim actually runs on their "own AI cloud based in India" and highlight it.
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What new desire are you shilling here, anon?
@_svs_ It's vedana, one of the ingredients Buddha uses to describe personality. It's what makes us both formidable and fallible - the irresistible identification with the sensations arising from our failings to separate the self from the body (from "The Dhammapada" by Prof. Easwaran)
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