READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION This pandemic was a mistake. The next might not be The English have a neat take on Hanlon’s razor. “Never attribute to conspiracy,” they say in London, “what can be adequately explained by cock-up.” This is useful to have in mind when analysing world events, the pandemic among them. A … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Covid-19 has broken the mould of the way we live our lives You might think we’d gone backwards. The pandemic triggered ugly scenes: neighbours spying on each other; militias raiding US state capitols; conspiracy theorists hiding blades behind 5G propaganda posters to deter their removal. Yet the consequences of coronavirus … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Be thankful that due process is still observed in global healthcare. It won’t be forever First up, an advance apology. The risk with writing for a quarterly column amid a rapidly moving crisis is that your words can be quickly superseded by events. When I sat down to pen these … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Tech experts are better at selling than they like to believe It was never part of the plan. When I went into tech as young geek, I regarded selling as something other people did, mostly grudgingly. I perceived the notion of sales as profoundly malign: hustling folks to buy things … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Fair judgement is being crushed by data, writes Vivek Wadhwa Enough of the nonsense. AI isn’t inherently biased. The world as humans shaped it is. AI is merely a fast computer system which recognizes the patterns that we have taught it. It is several orders of magnitude bigger and more … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Who wants to be an entrepreneur? Maybe she’s born with it? Actually, it turns out she isn’t. And nor is he, or them, or any of the other millions around the world who have made a great living as successful businesspeople. Research from Duke and Harvard universities reveals that anyone … Read more
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it, writes Vivek Wadhwa [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q2_2019_full_book/45″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. A Western tech brand developed by Westerners for Westerners seems incapable of pivoting to new markets. Its forays into China are underwhelming. Prospects … Read more
The global village is turning nasty, writes Vivek Wadhwa [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q3_2017_full_book/45″]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] The whole point of villages is that they are nice. The word conjures up thatched cottages in picture-postcard English hamlets where everybody knows each other. The ‘global village’ – the shorthand used to advertise the internet when … Read more
The sun-kissed South Asian giant can revive its economy with renewable energy [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/fullbook__dialogue_q1_2019/47″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] Times are hard in India. The rupee is on a downward trajectory. The great nation’s budget deficit is widening. Quality of life is being compromised by oppressive levels of air pollution. Yet this … Read more
STEM is not the only fruit, writes Vivek Wadhwa [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/q4_2018_fullbook/49″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] I used to fly the flag. Back in 2004, I was a patriotic engineer, bemoaning those who showed a preference for the liberal arts. I was convinced that developing human capacity in the STEM subjects – … Read more