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The Digital Charnel House
The Digital Charnel House
Personal Essay
The Perpendicular Shadow
The Perpendicular Shadow
Personal Essay
The New Mantra
The New Mantra
Career
The Unveiling
The Unveiling
Personal Essay
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 Chair and the Drain
The Chair and the Drain
Artificial Intelligence
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
AI, Meaningful Work, and the Trust Collapse
Artificial Intelligence
Complexity in Calcutta
Complexity in Calcutta
Personal Essay
The Person Is Not a Machine
The Person Is Not a Machine
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
Oxygen in a Box
Oxygen in a Box
Personal Essay
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Tea, Depression, and the Probability of a Blog
Personal Essay
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
The Corridor That Forgot to Breathe
Short Fiction
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
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Do Not Sell Your Pressure Cooker for RTX Spark
Technology
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
English Is Not a Subject. It Is a Passport.
Education
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Tau Scaling Law: The Chip Race Has Found a New Clock
Technology
A Private Nuisance at Five-Thirty in Calcutta
A Private Nuisance at Five-Thirty in Calcutta
Personal Essay
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Skepticism Is the Mosquito Net
Personal Essay
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Hope Dies at Different Rates
Personal Essay
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
The AI Moat Is the Missing Salary
AI and Society
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
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Bogosity, Enshittification, and the Glittering Drain
Technology and Society
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
The Plague of Pseudoscience in India
Science and Society
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Reading Is Not Homework. It Is How the Mind Keeps Change.
Essay
The Overzealous Credulity Crisis
The Overzealous Credulity Crisis
Artificial Intelligence
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Samir Ranjan Das and the Visual Mind
Personal
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
How To Start Machine Learning Without Buying Magic Beans
AI Education
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
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
The Bright Smile of Overconfidence
Society
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Chronic Traumatic Nihilism From Calcutta
Personal Essay
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
AI Agents Will Not Democratize Power Neatly
Artificial Intelligence
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
When Nothing Beats Something
When Nothing Beats Something
Technology
When the Office Learns to Beg
When the Office Learns to Beg
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
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Why Myths Multiply When Randomness Is Left Unexplained
Mental Models
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
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
How VA Healthcare Data Systems Work: From MUMPS to SQL
Healthcare IT
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
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Latent Space in Healthcare Data, From the Beginning
Healthcare IT
AI and Denial
AI and Denial
Artificial Intelligence
Databases and Data Warehouses
Databases and Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
India’s AI Moat
India’s AI Moat
healthcare-it
The Last Economy
The Last Economy
technology
Building VA Data Warehouses
Building VA Data Warehouses
healthcare-it
Confounding Factors
Confounding Factors
healthcare-it
India’s White-Collar Issue
India’s White-Collar Issue
india
Costume Ambition
Costume Ambition
society