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Life is impermanence
Many Western critics see the Hindu-Buddhist idea of the impermanence and transitory nature of the world as a gloomy, pessimistic and almost nihilistic…
Ashwin Parameswaran
May 31
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The importance of forgetting
Forgetting and limited memory aid learning
Ashwin Parameswaran
May 28
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More complex control cannot overcome Goodhart's Law: The Soviet experience
more metrics and more complex metrics don't solve the problem
Ashwin Parameswaran
May 24
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Why optimisation fails in complex systems
Why does a single-minded focus on one variable fail?
Ashwin Parameswaran
May 21
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All systems must be efficient, robust and evolvable
How all complex systems can and must be efficient, robust and evolvable to thrive
Ashwin Parameswaran
May 17
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Eliminating acute pain leads to chronic pain
In a recent study, researchers found that relieving acute pain using anti-inflammatory drugs can increase the chances of developing chronic pain. This…
Ashwin Parameswaran
May 14
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Redundancy, Degeneracy and Resilience
why degeneracy rather than redundancy is the key to preserving system resilience
Ashwin Parameswaran
Feb 18
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Mitohormesis and antioxidants: the upside of stress
the essential role of transient stress in our body and the broader lessons from mitohormesis
Ashwin Parameswaran
May 6, 2021
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Bureaucracy + Time = Vetocracy
All simple, legible processes eventually transform into a complex, illegible mess
Ashwin Parameswaran
Feb 21, 2021
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Bureaucracy + Time = Vetocracy
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The dynamics of hyperinflation
defining hyperinflation and the necessary pre-conditions for hyperinflation
Ashwin Parameswaran
Feb 2, 2021
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Simplification and Human History
James Scott's idea of radical simplification as a lens to analyse human history
Ashwin Parameswaran
Jan 21, 2021
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An explanation for our current institutional malaise
the Covid vaccine rollout and the dysfunctionality of institutions in the West
Ashwin Parameswaran
Jan 14, 2021
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