Created a list of some of my favourite podcast episodes specifically, because not all podcast episodes are good. Nature, history, art are some broad themes.
TIL: 2/3rds of wheat varieties & a 1/3rd of the maize varieties grown worldwide are developed by a Mexico-based non-profit organisation, known by its Spanish initials CIMMYT.
The special seeds developed by the org are widely used in India.
To be read in conjunction with the Babbler hypothesis - The amount of time some people spend talking gets them into leadership positions. It doesn't matter what they say, just how much they rant on. I read that, and realised how insanely true it is
This is so over-engineered, it tells you that when you have billions, you do the most whacky things. A 5-minute VFX job will yield the same results. But no, there's so much f*k you money, they had to do this.
Unrelated: FS blogs used to be short, crisp and to-the-point. Now they get a bit ranty and preachy and seems like some of this is mined from ChatGPT. Whatever happened to the crisp editing :(
India WeWork offices are a delight. Not as packed, but gets pretty good footfall. And about 70% of the year, the rent-a-seat space is packed in a whole bunch of them. In fact, I won't be surprised if the India-side of operations is doing really well; owing to their partnership with a local operator. Some large companies (1000+) also avail WeWork's services here.
This is a fantastic piece, and is written so well! I wish more could be done to educate folks along the way. Imagine 1/10th of a country's GDP depending on the fungi, and it's not just hard to source, but its efficacy on certain aspects is questionable.
A wrapper and a friendly brand name, 'Lilli' is exactly what the marketing department ordered for getting large enterprise companies to dole out more monies. Visionary.
The biggest problem is levels of brightness on screens. Most people don't change it, and by the time they've realised it's affecting their eyes, it's too late. And i think mobile adaptive brightness does not account for how we must always use lesser on-light screens.