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Tractatus Academic-Capitalismus

An Academic Capitalist savors his unfashionable pursuits.

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The Language of the Gods in the World of Men

Sheldon Pollock’s magisterial work of scholarship, a winner of The Coomaraswamy Book Prize,…

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An Amazing Week! Schwab Fellows, Combating Anti-vax, CMU IFF, Lorentz Transformation

I suppose this is my version of John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight….

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The Next Quantum Revolution?

Had a great trip to the SF area! The weather was perfect….

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Beyond OrganJet: Nudge Videos to Increase Organ and Tissue Consent from Legal Next-of-Kin

In 2010, after a dinner conversation with Baris Ata, I came up with…

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Looking Back: October 7, 2017

It was so exciting to receive a box (on February 9th, 2017)…

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The Queen’s Gambit

Easily the most satisfying show that I have watched in 2020 (with…

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The Artist of Bond

Finding Forrester. Entrapment. The Rock. Rising Sun. The Hunt for Red October….

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The Cover of Rolling Stone

I first heard of Rolling Stone (the magazine) when I heard the…

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Brahmin Left + Merchant Right

An Academic Capitalist reads Piketty’s 2018 working paper.

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The Taj Mahal

After six months of being closed, the Taj Mahal opened, and as…

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Goodfellas v Miller’s Crossing

I loved both movies, and so this post – triggered by today’s…

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Chandrasekhar on Einstein

Over the Labor Day weekend, after watching Tenet (which was fine, not…

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O Broadway, Where Art Thou?

Getting in the mood for 2020 Labor Day Weekend.

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TRTR: Tayur Reformulated Track Reconstruction

When I was in high school, at Hyderabad Public School (Begumpet), my…

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What would Picasso do?

Picasso meets quantum computing?

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