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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
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
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Clinical AI Needs A Shadow Architecture First
Healthcare-IT
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
The AI Sermon and the Wet Knot
Technology
A Trapezoid for My Mother
A Trapezoid for My Mother
Personal Essay
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
The Horoscope That Fits Everybody
Society
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
The Bengali Who Knows Too Much to Move
Personal Essay
Twaddle Tendency
Twaddle Tendency
Essay
Cholai and the Chemistry of Forgetting
Cholai and the Chemistry of Forgetting
Essay
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
The Cup That Refused to Become Content
Personal Essay
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
The Cup That Starts the Sun
The Cup That Starts the Sun
Personal Essay
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 Scarab Under the Skin
The Scarab Under the Skin
Mental Health
The Gut of God
The Gut of God
Short Fiction
The Mothers of Tangra
The Mothers of Tangra
Short Fiction
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Bar English for Bengalis Who Have Escaped the Tea Stall
Culture
My Father, Samarendra Kumar Ghosh, and the Family That Came Home with a Few Clothes
My Father, Samarendra Kumar Ghosh, and the Family That Came Home with a Few Clothes
Personal Essay
Phage at Beliaghata
Phage at Beliaghata
Short Fiction
Tea Skin and the Science of Suspicion
Tea Skin and the Science of Suspicion
Essay
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
The Test Is Congress Where Congress Rules
Politics
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
The Bipolar Diet Is Not Lithium
Mental Health
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
When Variety Starts Wearing the Same Shirt
Culture
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
A Cup of Cha Is Not a Small Thing
Essay
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
ASMR: The Softly Whispered Apocalypse
Satire
Faces in the Municipal Water
Faces in the Municipal Water
Short Fiction
The Average Weight of Sunday
The Average Weight of Sunday
Short Fiction
The Water Remembers
The Water Remembers
Short Fiction
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
The End of History, and Other Overconfident Announcements
Ideas
The Unrecorded Error
The Unrecorded Error
Healthcare IT
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
The Useful Box and the Bengali Problem of Too Many Choices
Systems Thinking
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Personal Essay
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Personal Essay
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
Milk Cha and the Small Engine of Attention
Milk Cha and the Small Engine of Attention
Personal Essay
Poisson Distribution: Counting Rare Trouble Before It Becomes a Queue, a Claim, or a Crisis
Poisson Distribution: Counting Rare Trouble Before It Becomes a Queue, a Claim, or a Crisis
Healthcare IT
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Society With Open Drains and Polished Shoes
Personal Essay
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Healthcare IT Part 2
Healthcare IT
The Low Market Value of Reality
The Low Market Value of Reality
Personal Essay
The Man Held by the Neck
The Man Held by the Neck
Politics
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
Babu Culture and the Indian Art of Bending
Society
Falling Through the Crack
Falling Through the Crack
Personal Essay
Nicotine, Biri, and the Great Bengali Bargain
Nicotine, Biri, and the Great Bengali Bargain
Public Health
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Essay
The Desperation Premium
The Desperation Premium
Technology and Society
The Geography of Contentment
The Geography of Contentment
Life
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
The Zeitgeist of Calcutta Has Changed
Calcutta
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
The AI Cloud Will Also Need a Pump, a Plug, and a Tanker
Technology
Gold Karigars, Fertiliser Slogans, and the Knife Hidden Inside a Political Sentence
Gold Karigars, Fertiliser Slogans, and the Knife Hidden Inside a Political Sentence
Political Economy
The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn
The Vegetable Girl Before Dawn
Personal Essay
Maybe the Body Is Not Broken
Maybe the Body Is Not Broken
Calcutta
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
CRISPR: The Tiny Bacterial Trick That May Change Human Destiny
Science
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Why India Produces So Many Different Species of Goons
Society
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
The Chatbot Arrived Before the Seatbelt
AI Safety
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
The Rotten Sack Theory of Indian Politics
Politics
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
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Pixels That Make Us Feel Present
Society
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
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
Depression as Mathematics: States, Switches, Attractors, and the Treacherous Algebra of Mood
Depression as Mathematics: States, Switches, Attractors, and the Treacherous Algebra of Mood
Mental Health Systems
Calcutta Smog and the Coming Winter
Calcutta Smog and the Coming Winter
Satire
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
Society
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
The Unhelpful Man in Calcutta
Personal Essay
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Self-Gaslit Minds in the Age of AI
Technology
The Painful Tooth Fairy
The Painful Tooth Fairy
Personal Essay
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Political Promises and the Hard Floor of Reality
Politics
Why I Write What I Write
Why I Write What I Write
Personal Essay
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Artificial Intelligence
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Failing Well Without Looking Successful
Society
The Range Limit of Kinship
The Range Limit of Kinship
Society
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Calcutta’s Sugar Problem Is Not Only Sugar
Health & Society
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
The Educated Horror of Having Nowhere to Go
Society
When Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
The City That Begs at the Window
The City That Begs at the Window
Society
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
The Barebones Lifeboat: America, Calcutta, and the Price of Staying Afloat
Personal
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics Is a Machine for Spoiling Ordinary People
Politics
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
India’s Semiconductor Problem Is Not a Missing Slogan
Technology
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
Kenneth Arrow, Medical Uncertainty, and the False Dream of Healthcare as a Normal Market
Kenneth Arrow, Medical Uncertainty, and the False Dream of Healthcare as a Normal Market
Healthcare IT
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
The Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
The Shadow Architecture: Lessons from a Decade Bootstrapping Healthcare Data Systems
Healthcare IT
Mind Is What the Brain Does, Not a Ghost in the Attic
Mind Is What the Brain Does, Not a Ghost in the Attic
Neuroscience
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
Universal Basic Income in India After Work Stops Being a Promise
political economy
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
Healthcare IT
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
Is Claude Mythos, a Myth?
AI Security
LPG debacle
LPG debacle
energy
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
The Middle Class on Tilted Stones
society
Pests we love
Pests we love
natural history
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Latent Space and the Hidden Map of Healthcare Data
Healthcare-IT
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Healthcare IT
Tea
Tea
food-and-culture
AI and Denial
AI and Denial
Artificial Intelligence
Databases and Data Warehouses
Databases and Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
FHIR
FHIR
healthcare it
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
Building VA Data Warehouses
Building VA Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
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
Intro
Intro
career
Pohela Baisakh
Pohela Baisakh
history
Propofol, Nightmares
Propofol, Nightmares
healthcare
Cicada, BA.3.2
Cicada, BA.3.2
public-health
HIE from First Principles
HIE from First Principles
healthcare it
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
HIE From First Principles, With The Patient Still In The Room
healthcare-it
Why EHR and HIE Struggle in India but AI Diagnostics might not
Why EHR and HIE Struggle in India but AI Diagnostics might not
healthcare it
The Bengali Baby
The Bengali Baby
Personal Essay
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Fish Market Merit and the Small Republic of Honesty
Personal Essay
This Blog's History
This Blog's History
Personal Reflections
Schooling in Calcutta
Schooling in Calcutta
Personal
Welcome To SuvroGhosh.IN
Welcome To SuvroGhosh.IN
Personal Essay