Month: January 2016

  • Entropy

    Physics provides the best models to understand the physical world. But sometimes, it also provides the best models to understand the metaphysical. Entropy refers to the rate of change that can be seen in a system. As the entropy in a system increases it becomes increasingly difficult to predict the next few moments. The more…

  • Why are food delivery businesses so troubled?

    Most delivery related startups in the food space have been having trouble over the past year and by the looks of it, we seem to be ushering in the new year with news of more firings. Why is it that all the guys in the food delivery business seem to be experiencing problems?   The…

  • Markets are different; just like people

    Let us say you met a stranger; from Japan and from the United States; would you greet them the same way? It would be very normal to put your hands forward and shake hands in the US but not in Japan. That is the degree of difference involved in inter-personal exchange between two people from…