Archive - Learning by Proxy with Vivek Srinivasan

Reinventing Everything

In a thousand years, someone will figure out how to make a microchip once again

Sep 14 • Vivek Srinivasan

What do pottery shards have to do with sending someone away?

Sep 7 • Vivek Srinivasan

What has your interest in Cinema got to do with a buffalo

Sep 4 • Vivek Srinivasan

August 2026

Product and the Development Sector

Building a product is almost an act of rebellion. It begins by saying no to a bunch of people

Aug 31 • Vivek Srinivasan

US Debt: The Echoes of Potosi

Silver from Potosi finished an empire in China. What will be bonds from the US do?

Aug 24 • Vivek Srinivasan

National Security

A forest fire can burn the area equivalent to a state, do you really need bombs to threaten national security?

Aug 10 • Vivek Srinivasan

Blind Spots and Bright Spots

In a world of averages, the extreme matter more

Aug 3 • Vivek Srinivasan

July 2026

Enshitification

by Cory Doctrow

Jul 27 • Vivek Srinivasan

Why are there islands called Sandwich?

Jul 24 • Vivek Srinivasan

Countries was energy sovereignty. With renewables and nuclear, the challenge is not having the energy but storing it.

Jul 20 • Vivek Srinivasan

How did this day become associated with distress?

Jul 17 • Vivek Srinivasan

Labour Vs Capital

When a debate rages, if it can be settled using one the very thing against which people are debating, what happens?

Jul 13 • Vivek Srinivasan

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