Category: Learning by Proxy
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Afghanistan | Learning by Proxy
When the Romans used to build their arches, they would start the foundation from both sides and finish up at the top. The final stone to be placed would provide compression to both sides and hence hold the arch in position. It was a wedge-shaped piece called the Keystone. If the keystone was to be…
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Whether we can weather the Weather | Learning by Proxy
Usually, weather updates are for the end but I guess we need to start this one with some updates. If we had left it to our forefathers they would have just thought that the gods are angry with us. Unfortunately, we cannot brush this one away that easily. Climate Change is real and it is…
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Chinese Suicide | Learning by Proxy
Every great empire that has ever existed in the world has eventually fallen prey to the ego of one man who was handed a fully formed country. The one thing that we can be certain of is that history repeats itself. China earned its place in the world through the sacrifice of billions. That sacrifice…
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US Jobs | Learning by Proxy
Life is filled with dichotomies. One of the dichotomies facing American businesses right now is the high unemployment rate coupled with the inability to find workers. One would assume that if there were jobs on offer, people would come out looking for work. That has not happened. US Jobs Donald Trump had presided over the…
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Philanthropy | Learning by Proxy
When you hear the word Philanthropy, you conjure up images of generous people with buckets full of money hurling their money at hoards of poor people. The truth is far from that. Often they are giving away little to nothing and what they do give is more than recovered through the access that they are…
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Techocalypse | Learning by Proxy
Learning by Proxy is a weekly newsletter that covers things happening around the world, along with some context that helps you understand it better. This is the 65th edition of the newsletter. Technology regulation is becoming a minefield of complications. While the internet started out in America but its regulation started in Europe. Finally, the…
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Taxing the rich | Learning by Proxy
Learning by Proxy is a weekly newsletter that covers things happening around the world, along with some context that helps you understand it better. This is the 64rd edition of the newsletter. The rich companies, especially in tech have been getting away with paying little to nothing in taxes for several years now. Those days…
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Crypto Policy | Learning by Proxy
Learning by Proxy is a weekly newsletter that covers things happening around the world, along with some context that helps you understand it better. This is the 63rd edition of the newsletter. The story of money is one that has been poorly presented and even poorly understood. A few months ago, I had written a…
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Small Oil | Learning by Proxy
Learning by Proxy is a weekly newsletter that covers things happening around the world, along with some context that helps you understand it better. This is the 62nd edition of the newsletter. The bigger any industry has grown, the more they have been able to influence policy to have it their way. But what can…
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Dark Patterns | Learning by Proxy
To the entrepreneurs reading this, please do not use this as a checklist of things you need to put into your products. For the rest of you beware and avoid such products and site that use these techniques to make you behave in ways you would not otherwise. Dark Patterns Capitalism has always been about…