Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea.

The difference between a good student and a great one is that a good student is concerned more about the outcome while a great one is fascinated by the process of learning. - Richard P. Feynman

I think the best plausible hypothesis to explain the global decline in fertility is something due to phones and the internet: • time displacement, crowds out other social activities • digital mediated culture shifts, increasing divergence between men+men so couple formation is

3 years ago, Novak Djokovic gave the greatest speech in Australian Open history. Inspirational, powerful, and timeless.

“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.” ― Voltaire

Quality of life improvement

For quality of life, it is better to err on the side of being an optimist and wrong, rather than a pessimist and right

Humanity will shrink, far sooner than you think, by The Economist Jesús Fernández-Villaverde Global Baby Bust: #Birthrates are plunging much faster than predicted. Countries are hitting record lows decades ahead of schedule. 📉 Peak Humanity is Near: If current trends continue for just

I was doing some computer file clean up recently and came across this picture of Gobind Khorana. I took it when I was in Cambridge, MA for a meeting and, as I did most times when I visited Boston, I made a point of stopping and spending time with Gobind. This was taken

In the US and around the world, spending on the elderly as a share of GDP is exploding while the young carry the burden and fertility is at all-time lows. "The real scandal? Seniors are getting out of Social Security over 3X what they paid in." - Russ Greene Article below!

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One key aspect of the recent global fertility decline is that it affects different groups unevenly. For example, much of the recent fall appears concentrated among groups with lower average income or educational attainment. This represents a reversal relative to earlier

Stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies. And that is more infectious than any other disease. —Professor Richard Feynman

Young adults are spending 50% less time with friends than they were 15 years ago. The pandemic didn't help, but the trendline was already clear Is it all technology, or is there more to the story? Grant Bailey The Institute for Family Studies ifstudies.org/insights?id=36…

Smart phones are certainly causing problems - distractions, solitude, declining reading, polarisation. But... it's worth recognising that these devices also enable women in patriarchal societies to curate their own, more egalitarian content, and get a taste for greater

If there’s one learning lesson you need to take away in 2026 it’s that the truth doesn’t matter anymore and reality isn’t real. People will invent narratives and facts to suit desired objectives and if enough people agree, that’s the new reality. People who point out that the

Manufacturing is a key driver of India’s economy. Organised manufacturing that takes place mainly in factories accounts for 90% of the economic value created within manufacturing. As of 2023, India had around 200,000 operational factories, employing 18.5 million people. That’s

Access to mobile phones and the internet in India has expanded rapidly over the last decade. However, there is a gap in the technical skills needed to use these technologies effectively to communicate, learn and work. India is a signatory to the United Nations Sustainable