by Aseem Gupta | Nov 4, 2026 | Technology, AI & Complex Systems
Reading Time: 16 MinutesIn September 2026, a Binance software engineer received a message from someone claiming to be a recruiter. His professional profile mentioned that he worked at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and the opportunity seemed...
by Aseem Gupta | Nov 2, 2026 | Business, Industry & Innovation
On 10 September 2025, Oracle experienced a stock-market moment almost unimaginable for a company approaching its fiftieth birthday. Its shares surged roughly 36% after investors learned that the value of its contracted future business had more than quadrupled over the...
by Aseem Gupta | Nov 1, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 54 MinutesWhen David J. Peterson created Dothraki for Game of Thrones, he had to solve a problem that most viewers would never notice. George R. R. Martin had already invented several Dothraki words and names, actors needed to pronounce them...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 31, 2026 | Law, Institutions & Legal Systems
Reading Time: 14 MinutesTwo people with similar qualifications, incomes and ambitions can face very different opportunities simply because they were born in different countries. One may book an international flight with little more than a valid passport. The other...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 26, 2026 | Technology, AI & Complex Systems
Reading Time: 24 MinutesArtificial intelligence presents a dilemma that becomes more troubling as the technology improves. The same systems that can accelerate scientific discovery, improve productivity, and help solve difficult problems are becoming capable of...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 24, 2026 | History, Empires & Civilizations
Reading Time: 28 MinutesAt the Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, a historic port city on China’s southeastern coast, visitors can encounter stone carvings that seem to belong to a different religious world. Among the architectural remains associated with the temple...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 20, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
Reading Time: 20 MinutesOn March 23, 2020, as the United States struggled with the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve announced an extraordinary intervention in financial markets. It would purchase government and mortgage-backed securities in...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 19, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
Reading Time: 20 MinutesYou can carry an incredibly powerful computer in your pocket, watch thousands of movies without leaving home, and travel across countries for prices that would have seemed extraordinary to previous generations. Yet the experience of using these...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 18, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 59 MinutesDancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton is a collection of five autobiographical stories about childhood, family, love, regret, and the complicated experience of becoming famous for playing Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Published in...
by Aseem Gupta | Oct 12, 2026 | Mind, Psychology & Human Behavior
Reading Time: 17 MinutesYou pick up your phone to check a message, and twenty minutes later, you’re watching videos you never intended to see. You put it down, return to whatever you were doing, and almost immediately feel the urge to pick it up again....
