Ugra_India

Deep-tissue journalism about culture and business with a little shop in the back

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@RichardDawkins We’re living in a strange, lonely, desperate era, and the tech guys are cashing in on our biological need for a yes-man. They’ve built a glue trap for the narcissist in all of us, and business is booming

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What does an AI handjob feel like?

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@RichardDawkins This is an old trick. Psychologists call it the Barnum effect. It's the secret sauce behind horoscopes and palm readers. Give someone a vague, high-flown piece of flattery, and because we're all protagonists of our own movies, we think: "My God, they really see me"

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And the folks deciding what faces appear on billboards and magazine covers, have been cashing in on this little national insecurity for decades. Full story: https://t.co/WJYBuOALG9

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“Nalla brahmanunni, tella malavanni nammaraadu,” a centuries-old Telugu proverb that means “never trust a dark brahmin or a fair dalit,” tells you everything you need to know about how colourism works in India

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The skin-”lightening” market in India is currently worth about $327 million, projected to hit $561 million by 2033. That’s the size of an entire industry devoted to convincing us that our skin is a problem requiring correction