July 21, 2021: On gratitude; The underbelly of perfectionism; How old are you?

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• future of work
• Oliver Sacks
• perfectionism
• Work From Home
• Amanda Ruggeri

The April-June quarter saw Biden making significant diplomatic moves vis-a-vis Europe, Russia and China; the Middle East saw two significant elections in Israel and Iran; China showed ascendancy in space; and there are developments in India’s neighbourhood, especially in Afghanistan. Sundeep Waslekar deciphers the implications

• Play Time : 55 mins

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• Afghanistan
• Biden's Summitry
• China space station
• Artificial Intelligence
• the US Innovation and Competition Act
• US-China rivalry
• Iran election
• US-China relationship
• geopolitics
• Pakistan
• US-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue
• Israel election

July 20, 2021: Ruchir Sharma on Chinese tech crackdown; Leisure time is not a hack; If you love someone

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• productivity
• Leisure
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• • Ruchir Sharma
• Chinese tech crackdown

July 19, 2021: Changing careers; Overcoming vaccine hesitancy; The right diet

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• career change
• career transition
• Stephen King
• Lucy Kellaway
• Mithali Sethi
• Melghat
• writing
• vaccine hesitancy

July 17, 2021 | FF Daily #426: What’s hurting your eyesight and what you can do about it

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• eyestrain
• mask-associated dry eyes
• Lakshman Subbaraman
• dry eyes
• presbyopia
• eyecare
• Dr Lancelot Mark Pinto
• FF Recommends

July 16, 2021: Survival of the shameless; Looking beyond the boundaries; Think like a boss

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• power
• Afghanistan
• Rutger Bregman
• Robert McLean
• Charles Conn
• crowdsourcing
• Rod Carnegie
• Taliban
• politicians

July 15, 2021: Preparing yourself for the future; Reading the tea leaves on the third wave; When you are not in the ring

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• Julie Zhuo
• Covid-19 third wave
• Kiran Karnik
• imposter syndrome
• Education

July 14, 2021: How the nature of job losses changed during the second wave; A case for unshackling scientific knowledge; Songs: Then and now

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• Scientific knowledge
• Covid-19 second wave
• Daniel Simons
• Leon Rozenblit
• TR Shankar Raman
• illusion of knowledge
• Christopher Chabris
• job losses
• Intuition

July 13, 2021: The Great Billionaire Crackdown; Creator economy’s mental health problem; Vaccine inequity

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• Satyajit Ray
• Suresh Jindal
• Jack Ma
• China’s tycoons
• mental health
• Creator economy

As technology becomes ubiquitous in day-to-day living, and its role in the economy grows, the importance of knowledge will increase manifold. This knowledge economy will require far deeper specialization, as disciplines get more complex. And also people with a broad understanding of multiple disciplines. An excerpt from Kiran Karnik’s new book, ‘Decisive Decade’

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• knowledge economy
• Automation
• specialists vs generalists
• humanisation
• book extract
• AI
• Innovation
• Education