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The Thermodynamics of Shame: A South Calcutta Canticle
The Thermodynamics of Shame: A South Calcutta Canticle
Essay
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
Confounding Factors and the Dashboard That Lied Politely
healthcare-it
The Linear Algebra Blind Spot: Why Healthcare AI Is Only as Safe as Its Underlying Math
The Linear Algebra Blind Spot: Why Healthcare AI Is Only as Safe as Its Underlying Math
Healthcare IT
Administratively Deleted
Administratively Deleted
Personal Essay
Rice Cooker Bookkeeping
Rice Cooker Bookkeeping
Personal Essay
The Unattractive Man’s Guide to Quantum Mechanics
The Unattractive Man’s Guide to Quantum Mechanics
Personal Essay
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
The Seasonal Crop
The Seasonal Crop
Short Fiction
The Nationalization of Shame
The Nationalization of Shame
Personal Essay
The Robot Begins as a Loose Wire
The Robot Begins as a Loose Wire
Technology
Slow Poisoning Republic
Slow Poisoning Republic
Society
The Recidivism of Fraud
The Recidivism of Fraud
Essay
The Human Intake Pipe
The Human Intake Pipe
Science
The AI Harmonium Players
The AI Harmonium Players
Technology
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
The Courage to Be Disliked in a Sweating Calcutta Room
Psychology
The Rent Is a Clock
The Rent Is a Clock
Personal Essay
Greed Made Me Small
Greed Made Me Small
Personal Essay
The Language Under Hatibagan
The Language Under Hatibagan
Short Fiction
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
The Man Who Became His Own Waiting Room
Personal Essay
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
The Unpaid Consultant and the Theology of Hope
Personal Essay
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Technology
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
The Billing Hour Has Started to Smell
Technology
The Breath That Came By Rain
The Breath That Came By Rain
Short Fiction
Milk Teeth of the City
Milk Teeth of the City
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The K-Shaped Economy Is a Forked Road, and Most of Us Are on the Wrong Fork
The K-Shaped Economy Is a Forked Road, and Most of Us Are on the Wrong Fork
Economy
Cockroach Season
Cockroach Season
Short Fiction
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Trapped by the Room, the Mirror, and the Feed
Mental Health
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Square Peg, Round Hole, Bad Weather
Mental Health
MYCIN: The 1970s Medical AI That Knew How to Explain Itself
MYCIN: The 1970s Medical AI That Knew How to Explain Itself
Healthcare IT
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Hedonist Hollow Men on the Selfie Treadmill
Society
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Why Physics Keeps Sneaking Into Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
The Man Held by the Neck
The Man Held by the Neck
Politics
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Writing Nothing From the Edge of Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
The Coming White-Collar Mendicancy
Society
The Classification and Variety of Rotting People in Calcutta
The Classification and Variety of Rotting People in Calcutta
Calcutta
One Life, No Rehearsal, No Refund Counter
One Life, No Rehearsal, No Refund Counter
Personal Essay
Falling Through the Crack
Falling Through the Crack
Personal Essay
The Overzealous Credulity Crisis
The Overzealous Credulity Crisis
Artificial Intelligence
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
What India Meant by Demonetization, and Where We Are
Economy
The Fat Animal in the Mirror
The Fat Animal in the Mirror
Essay
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
Calcutta
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
AI Education
The Second Mouth
The Second Mouth
Short Fiction
The Machine That Cannot Take a Shit
The Machine That Cannot Take a Shit
Artificial Intelligence
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
If AI Ever Gets Depressed, We Are Probably in Trouble
Artificial Intelligence
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
If Asimov Never Put the Leash on the Robots
Artificial Intelligence
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
Healthcare
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
AI Safety
Coding After the Keyboard: How AI Agents Learned to Roam the Codebase
Coding After the Keyboard: How AI Agents Learned to Roam the Codebase
Artificial Intelligence
Fog Machines in the Temple: Mandukya, AI, and the Dangerous Answer to Who Am I?
Fog Machines in the Temple: Mandukya, AI, and the Dangerous Answer to Who Am I?
Philosophy and AI
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
The Tea Stall as an Anti-AI Safety System
AI and Society
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
SludgeGPT and the Mirage of Machine Understanding
Artificial Intelligence
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
A Calcutta Bengali’s Guide to the Various Schools of AI
Artificial Intelligence
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Bangalore and the Plumbing of Pretension
Society
Science Is Not a Solitary Organ
Science Is Not a Solitary Organ
Science
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Technology
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
Artificial Intelligence
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Politics
The Prognosis Is Clarity
The Prognosis Is Clarity
Philosophy
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Artificial Intelligence
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
Society
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
OpenClaw and the Uneasy Arrival of Agents That Actually Do Things
OpenClaw and the Uneasy Arrival of Agents That Actually Do Things
Artificial Intelligence
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
The Mental Health System Will Meet the AI Wave at Its Weakest Joint
The Mental Health System Will Meet the AI Wave at Its Weakest Joint
Artificial Intelligence
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 Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
The Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
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
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
healthcare ai
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
AI Security
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
society
AI and Denial
AI and Denial
Artificial Intelligence
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
technology
The History of the Shape of Atoms
The History of the Shape of Atoms
science
Vector Databases
Vector Databases
healthcare it
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
Propofol, Nightmares
Propofol, Nightmares
healthcare
The Pufferfish Economy
The Pufferfish Economy
society
Cicada, BA.3.2
Cicada, BA.3.2
public-health
Homeopathy
Homeopathy
healthcare-systems
Hormuz, Day 52
Hormuz, Day 52
geopolitics
The Questions You Ask
The Questions You Ask
healthcare it
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Personal Essay
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal