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The Geometry of Absence: On Solitude, Density, and the Mathematics of Belonging
The Geometry of Absence: On Solitude, Density, and the Mathematics of Belonging
Culture
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Why You Still Want to Read a Healthcare IT Blog in the Age of AI
Healthcare-IT
The Ground We Dream On
The Ground We Dream On
Personal Essay
Complexity in Calcutta
Complexity in Calcutta
Personal Essay
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Kenneth Arrow in the Waiting Room
Economics
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
FHIR and the Clerk With the Clipboard
Healthcare-IT
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Symmetry in a Calcutta Room
Mathematics
The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life
The Many-Body Problem of Indian Life
Personal Essay
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Fractal Geometry of a Half-Lived Life
Personal Essay
The Error Bar Around a Man
The Error Bar Around a Man
Personal Essay
Label: Road
Label: Road
Short Fiction
The Ledger of Soft Parts
The Ledger of Soft Parts
Short Fiction
The Rent Is a Clock
The Rent Is a Clock
Personal Essay
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
The Rain in Anirban’s Head
Short Fiction
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Technology
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
The Hidden Bill for Asking AI Instead of Hiring an Expert
Technology
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
The Trolley Problem Is In The Healthcare Queue
Healthcare-IT
The Toolbox Theory of Thinking: Why Simple Models Help Us Survive a Complicated World
The Toolbox Theory of Thinking: Why Simple Models Help Us Survive a Complicated World
Thinking
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Healthcare IT
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Drake’s Equation, Alien Arithmetic, and the Bengali Who Refuses to Be Fooled by the Sky
Science
Obama, HITECH, and the Day the American Medical Chart Was Dragged Into Electricity
Obama, HITECH, and the Day the American Medical Chart Was Dragged Into Electricity
Healthcare IT
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
Economy
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Clay Stoves, Hormuz, and the Price of Breath in Calcutta
Calcutta Life
Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM
Falling Through the Southern Edge at 3 AM
Personal Essay
The Lake That Lit Up Genes: Maracaibo, Memory, and Huntington’s Disease
The Lake That Lit Up Genes: Maracaibo, Memory, and Huntington’s Disease
Science & Healthcare IT
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
When Diabetes Started Asking About Its Ancestors
Healthcare Science
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
Artificial Intelligence
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
Personal Essay
The English Medium Urine Stain
The English Medium Urine Stain
Memoir
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Society
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
The Country That Built Rockets but Still Consults the Stars
Society
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics
When Structure Loses Its Map
When Structure Loses Its Map
Society
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Why Scrolling Beats Reading, Until It Ruins the Reader
Technology
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
First Principles Thinking in Calcutta, Healthcare, and the Machinery of Reality
First Principles Thinking in Calcutta, Healthcare, and the Machinery of Reality
Useful Mental Models
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI and the Wrong Objective
Healthcare AI
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
India
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Mental Health Polypharmacy Needs Real Decision Support, Not Another Checkbox
Healthcare IT
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Natural Selection Is Not Just About Animals
Systems Thinking
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Mental Models
Maa Sitala, Maa Manasa, and the Bad Public Health Architecture of Fear
Maa Sitala, Maa Manasa, and the Bad Public Health Architecture of Fear
Public Health
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
The Epistemic Iceberg Effect
knowledge
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
HL7 vs FHIR, Explained Simply
Healthcare IT
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
political economy
The Invasive Human Weed Species
The Invasive Human Weed Species
society
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Healthcare IT
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
The Returnee Who No Longer Fits
work, migration, India
Tea
Tea
food-and-culture
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
technology
What the Ukraine and Iran Wars May Leave Behind in Civilian Technology
What the Ukraine and Iran Wars May Leave Behind in Civilian Technology
technology
Confounding Factors
Confounding Factors
healthcare-it
Dogs Detect Violations.
Dogs Detect Violations.
science
India’s White-Collar Issue
India’s White-Collar Issue
india
Intro
Intro
career
The Missing Scientists
The Missing Scientists
healthcare-it
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
healthcare-it
Homeopathy
Homeopathy
healthcare-systems
The Questions You Ask
The Questions You Ask
healthcare it