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Google’s Real Googly. No Not The Anti-Trust!

What does Afghan spin bowler Rashid Khan have to do with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Yahoo? Well, it’s all neatly wrapped in my 3,500-word essay on the big changes in the tech landscape — and no, the antitrust actions have…
Why (& How) IPL Could Save Test Cricket

Marylebone Cricket Club, one of cricket’s august organizations, recently organized World Cricket Connects, a symposium about the future of a sport that — like so many things — finds itself caught between tradition and tomorrow. Test cricket, the traditional form…
The Future of Writing: How AI Will Reshape Our Tools

Earlier this morning while reading The Wall Street Journal, I learned that Bruce Bastian, co-creator of WordPerfect, the word-processing software, had died at 76. His life was consequential, as his obituary so eloquently elaborates. I haven’t thought of WordPerfect for…

The buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and its wide-ranging impact is inescapable. But beyond industry disruption, what significant effects does this groundbreaking technology hold…
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Intermittent Social media fasting

As a diabetic, my life is a constant balance between hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic levels—and proper food consumption is key to maintaining steady blood sugar levels. Work, travel and access to the right kinds of food determine how successfully I can keep my sugar levels in my desired range. At the start of the pandemic lockdown, I decided to embrace intermittent fasting. Losing weight wasn’t the primary motive; instead, I wanted to bring some discipline to when and …

Climbing a Mountain on a Foggy Morning

Learning about AI has taken precedence over almost all creative activity during the past six months. Not only am I reading less fiction, but I’m also using my cameras infrequently. I’ve felt very guilty about being an absentee photographer, only making opportunistic images with my iPhone. Creator’s guilt is my kryptonite — so when Chris …