Discover what's capturing attention across the Founding Fuel network this week.
Pointers to contemporary politics, different kinds of critics, media narratives and why writing is a bad idea from a literature festival
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
In his keynote speech at the 19th Polestar Awards function, an annual award for excellence in journalism, Azim Premji draws on his vast experience in education and philanthropy to talk about what needs to be done to improve public education in India
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The stories we wrote, the awards we won and the events we participated in this week
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Corruption is a clichéd narrative to woo voters. What alternative narrative can politicians sell to the world’s largest democracy?
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
The logic behind the partnership between Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp to give shape to a sustainable steel business in Europe is compelling. But the labour pains involved are likely to be equally challenging
Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Why strong leaders listen, why AI may not be all that threatening, and why trust will beat empty opinions
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That artificial intelligence is here to stay seems a given. But Garry Kasparov and I believe we aren’t going any place. My little girls need us
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
That those in the media are toast is now part of popular opinion. But the fact that an opinion is widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Why we need dialogue and deliberation to regulate technology, the trouble with TED talks, and how Richard Thaler’s nudge principles can be used for good and bad
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Job destruction, fake news, polarisation. Rapid advances in technology are blamed for these. Is that claim justified? Are other factors at play? Who will regulate technology?
Arun Maira
Former Chairman, BCG India | Member, Planning Commission
What started out as an intellectually stimulating event has degenerated into a series of shallow performances
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
It looks inevitable technology companies will outrun the theories of the Nobel Prize winner in Economics. And that is a frightening thought
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
This Week: How do you work with adaptive systems, why a tech mindset is not enough, and how do you measure achievement
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Does God exist? Is eating meat ethical? What about systems like Aadhaar? What about questions like these? A century after Einstein thought a hypothesis to explain the nature of space and time, it stands proven, and has been awarded the Nobel Prize. How may he take these questions on?
Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
Book review: In his new book ‘Hit Refresh’, Satya Nadella talks about operating with empathy and technology as a force for social good
N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
