Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo 4 minutes readIt has been close to six months since my arrival in Sierra Leone. So far, the experience has been a very interesting, albeit at times a challenging one. Howe...
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay 6 minutes readA confession : I have an irrational fear of horror movies/books. While I appreciate the intricacies that are to be found in well written horror, particularly...
The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer 11 minutes readRecently, I have become increasingly interested in the Effective Altruism movement, and how it is advocating for a reboot in how we perceive our lives, caree...
Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos 9 minutes readQuite often these days, one gets the picture that the big data/data science/artificial intelligence hype train is exponentially gathering steam. Although, if...
Nexus by Ramiz Naam 4 minutes readNeuroscience is a fascinating subject. Out of all the branches of science, perhaps even more than the much touted Artificial Intelligence, recent advances in...
The World is Flat by Thomas Freidman 5 minutes readI came across Thomas Freidman’s heady bestseller while reading up on some of the work that Leila Janah is doing, the inspirational woman behind Samasource, a...