Learning by Proxy with Vivek Srinivasan

Government Websites

Why do they all suck?

May 18 • Vivek Srinivasan

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Hat-trick

What has taking wickets got to do with the hat?

May 11 • Vivek Srinivasan

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Evaporation of Hope

How the tribals of India have not only been dispossessed of their lands but also their hope

May 4 • Vivek Srinivasan

April 2026

Graham Crackers

How did this biscuit get its name?

Apr 27 • Vivek Srinivasan

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Barbecue

When the Spanish arrived in the Caribbean islands, the natives used to cook their meat in two ways: either directly over fire, or they would create a…

Apr 17 • Vivek Srinivasan

Politics without Politicians

by Helene Landemore

Apr 3 • Vivek Srinivasan

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March 2026

End Times

Book by Peter Turchin

Mar 23 • Vivek Srinivasan

Undermine

What were they mining and where?

Mar 16 • Vivek Srinivasan

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Bad Company

Private Equity and the death of the American Dream

Mar 9 • Vivek Srinivasan

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Epstein War

As big name celebrities were stepping down, the biggest name needed a distraction

Mar 2 • Vivek Srinivasan

February 2026

Anti-Semite

Which is the only country in the world that can truly bear the title of being anti-semitic?

Feb 23 • Vivek Srinivasan

Genocide

The evolution of killing a gene

Feb 16 • Vivek Srinivasan

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