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decoding the algorithms of life, markets, and machines

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people queuing at a lounge counter like it's an exclusive club when it's just a coriander chutney sandwich and a seat with a phone charger, then taking a photo of the boarding pass with business class on it, as if anyone outside your credit card company cares

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listed at 35 lakh, final sale at 24, still the agent called it a steal buyers know the real price, brokers just hope you don't

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the same 50 people selling the same 5 insights in 500 newsletters, each one a repackaged pdf of the other ten you don't need a mentor, you need a library card

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nepotism in entertainment isn't about talent, it's about whose living room you learned to perform in while others auditioned in a queue for years

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people with rs 500 in savings dropping rs 30k on a "digital detox" retreat to post about it on instagram you are detoxing from self awareness, not technology

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the iphone costs ninety thousand rupees and half the people holding it took an emi for the smugness that lasts until the new one drops, never thought the charger was the real status signal

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corporate wellness programs: free yoga once a week, a mental health app no one uses, and a 2000 rs fitness tracker after you hit step goals they never check, all so hr can claim they care without touching your actual workload

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startup unicorns are just companies that raised too much money too fast and got addicted to cheap capital, now they can't go public without showing a real business, oops

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companies post ghost listings to look alive to investors, then spend 3 months crafting the perfect rejection for someone who never applied it's not hiring, it's hr theater for the annual report

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the self help industry sells you a problem it invented: that you're broken and need fixing by someone who got rich selling books about not being broken, the pattern is the product

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your anchor told you crime is rising, you bought a cctv camera, and now the news channel has a higher trp than your monthly rent