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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 Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
The Thermodynamics of Fishy Things
Artificial Intelligence
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
The Pariah Porcupine
The Pariah Porcupine
Personal Essay
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
Claude Fable 5, Mythos in a Muzzle, and the Poor Man's Future
Claude Fable 5, Mythos in a Muzzle, and the Poor Man's Future
AI
Rain Before Rain
Rain Before Rain
Short Fiction
Circle of Death
Circle of Death
Short Fiction
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
The Eye-Eater of Hazra
Short Fiction
The Free Prasad Hour
The Free Prasad Hour
Short Fiction
The Godman of Ballygunge
The Godman of Ballygunge
Short Fiction
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
Meanline
Meanline
Short Fiction
The Blister Labels
The Blister Labels
Short Fiction
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
China Rose Like A Factory, India Is Rising Like A Bazaar
Geopolitics
India's Noise Machine and the Small Man Under It
India's Noise Machine and the Small Man Under It
Politics
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
The Man Held by the Neck
The Man Held by the Neck
Politics
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
The Thucydides Trap, Two Superpowers, and a Very Old Greek Headache
Geopolitics
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Election Puja And The Common Eye
Politics
Woke: How a Tiny American Word Became a Full-Time Street Fight
Woke: How a Tiny American Word Became a Full-Time Street Fight
Culture
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
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
The Nightmare of Indian Healthcare for the Common Man
Healthcare
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Bengal Changed Color, Not Yet Character
Politics and Society
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
How Are You and Other Small Cruelties
Personal Satire
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
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
The Negative Infinity Before the Singularity
Healthcare AI
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
Jogar, Jugaad, and the Greedy Improvisation of India
India
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
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
AI Health Insurance and Cruelty
Healthcare AI
LPG debacle
LPG debacle
energy
AI in Healthcare: Beware
AI in Healthcare: Beware
Healthcare AI
Trigonometric  Colonization
Trigonometric Colonization
history-of-science
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
America and Calcutta
America and Calcutta
personal
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal