Learning by Proxy with Vivek Srinivasan

This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 87. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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Fuels have played a critical role in the way the world works. There have been wars fought over fuel and alliances created between the strangest partners just because of fuel. We are on the verge of a monumental change. A change that could redefine what we mean when we utter the word, fuel.  Climate is forcing this change on us and so is renewable energy.

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 86. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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Drones are becoming a real contender in the logistics business. They are finding support from governments in the developing world because COVID has made healthcare supplies a necessity. Startups in Africa and Asia are making a concerted attempt to birth this industry that has been only talked about for a long long time. In the meantime, money flow into American startups that seem to be nowhere close to launching their products.

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 85. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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The world has created various platforms to discuss various things. COP is perhaps the most useless of them all. The biggest polluters would like for the rest of the world to atone for their sins and not be subject to any responsibility. They have been organising these events to convince the rest of the world that this is a great idea. This week was the 26th attempt at it. 

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 84. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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Facebook has struggled with doing anything other than social media its entire existence. This is not for the lack of trying. It is because the company is built with the sole purpose of monetising its platform. They are attempting to move to another paradigm and pivot the company, will it work?

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 83. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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Shipping is as old as civilisation itself. We have been shipping for millennia and our dependence on the industry has been laid bare by the pandemic. But is it also causing some fundamental shifts in the industry. Will this all result in something better for all of us?

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 82. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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Elections are almost as old as civilisation but they are being conducted almost in the same manner in which ancient Romans and Greeks used to. There is not a single thing in our lives where technology has not found its way, then why are elections still so primitive?

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 81. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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We have come to elevate the status of sociopaths in our societies. Their disregard for people makes it possible for them to climb the capitalistic ladder of success. Should we be rewarding such behaviour?

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 80. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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Space technology was so improbable at a time that only the government could afford the indulgence. Today, many private companies are sprouting, but they are raiding these organisations that the public paid for, for their personal gain.

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 79. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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Evergrande and its failure in China is not a business failure but part of a larger narrative where China is trying to move away from capitalism. I am not as interested in what is happening right now as I am in where this is headed.

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This is the Learning by Proxy podcast for Edition 78. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes (or that was the hope). 

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The subscription model used to be meant for products that were everyday needs. The changing demographics and economic realities are forcing almost every business to adopt the subscription whether they be selling Cars, Fridges or TV.

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