This Week in Disruptive Tech | August 26, 2020: A roundup of news and perspectives on how technology is shaping the future, here in India and across the world

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• Luminar IPO
• GM mosquitoes
• Technology
• special purpose acquisition company
• Tata super app
• lidar

Shoumik is building a career in deep tech. He shares what prompted him to jump into quantum computing, a hot space in frontier science. And whether the big bets by the tech giants and cutting-edge startups in the Valley will pay off. Resilience is often an underrated, yet critical aspect of any career in tech, says his mom and deep tech entrepreneur, Amrita Chowdhury, drawing on her Valley experience in the 90s

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• careers in science and technology
• Quantum computing
• deep tech

August 25, 2020: Sir Ken Robinson on schools and creativity; Manish Sabharwal on jobs and data; Parmesh Shahani on LGBTQ inclusion; State of the market

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• Work From Home
• LGBTQ inclusion
• Manish Sabharwal
• jobs data
• Creativity
• Parmesh Shahani
• Sir Ken Robinson

In Episode 5 of TAMG, ad industry veteran Vijay Bhat and his son Shravan talk money—a subject that’s rarely discussed in Indian families. What value do the two generations place on money, especially in tough times? And how early should you talk about it in the family?

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• personal finance
• Millennials
• Career Paths

August 24, 2020: Rooted cosmopolitanism; Learn the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation; When a disaster hits home

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• Work From Home
• Beirut
• Seema Jilani
• Rooted cosmopolitanism
• Pankaj Ghemawat
• Kwame Anthony Appiah
• Nathaniel Wade

There are many reasons for why inclusion is important—money, innovation, talent and reputation. In this extract from his book ‘Queeristan’, Parmesh Shahani talks about the LGBT inclusion journey at Tata Steel

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• LGBTQ inclusion
• Books
• Work Culture
• Anubhuti Banerjee
• diversity
• Tata Steel

August 23, 2020: How to interview; FF Recommends: 30 people to follow; Our biggest fears

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• Work From Home
• Twitter handles to follow
• FF Recommends
• Robert Caro

August 22, 2020: What is real; Future of Big Tech; Making WFH succeed

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• Work From Home
• Facebook
• Henry Marsh
• Mark Johnson
• hate speech
• Big Tech
• Prashant Parashar
• psychosomatic pain
• WFH culture

The Growth Factor: Shadow banks and interest rate control; Mark Zuckerberg on messaging commerce; Algorithms for SMEs; MUDRA loans during lockdown

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• Entrepreneurship
• Wiserfunding
• Mudra loans
• messaging commerce
• Sam Altman
• Mark Zuckerberg
• shadow banking
• Romesh Wadhwani
• MSME
• MSME financing
• Interest rate control
• Symphony Technology Group

August 21, 2020: Clayton Christensen on how you spend your time, energy, and money; As retailers and landlords negotiate rent, banks have a key role to play; Why you should wear a mask, even if you think it’s useless

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• Work From Home
• Clayton Christensen
• fashion retail
• Jaydeep Shetty
• Apparel retail trends
• Sanketh Andhavarapu