We spend a lot of time talking about parts of our economy that don't work. But there are pockets of excellence where we're world-class — or even lead the world. A recent IMF paper gave us the chance to look deeply into one: UPI.🧵👇
My new favorite word: sonder.
It's the profound awareness that every person you encounter has experienced a lifetime of hopes, fears, loves, and heartaches that you'll never know.
Each moment of sonder is a reminder to appreciate how little we truly grasp about others' lives.
A simple way to improve your mood is to curate your feed.
Evidence: People were randomly assigned to unfollow accounts that spewed hostility, hyperpartisan views, and low-quality information.
6 months later, they had significantly higher well-being and lower outgroup animosity.
The hallmark of expertise is no longer how much you know. It's how well you synthesize.
Information scarcity rewarded knowledge acquisition. Information abundance requires pattern recognition.
It's not enough to collect facts. The future belongs to those who connect dots.
DRS for domestic cricket is not just for the right decisions to be made.
Ricky Bhuvi’s dismissal last evening against Manav Suthar is a classic case of a batter who will get away with this technique 10/10 times in FC cricket.
This was not a faulty technique pre DRS but now it is.
Back in the day batters were given not out just because they managed to get on the front foot.
Now, keeping your bat behind the pad can be fatal, imagine someone making the climb to international cricket without getting this experience Ricky got yesterday.
He could very well take an entire test series to understand what he needs to work on and his career could well be over.
This is a fab experience for more than just one reason 👏👏 @BCCI
2014 marked a tectonic shift in India’s approach to public hygiene & sanitation. #SwachhBharatMission will be remembered as one of the biggest achievements of Modi administration. Its far-reaching impacts include generational improvements in health indicators and safety of women & girls. Here is the most recent research on the impact of SBM on infant mortality across the nook & cranny of this massive country. Beautiful graphics.
https://t.co/rzhPf48agE
For the first time in 50 years (since NSSO started collecting consumption data in 1972), the average Indian now spends < 50% of his/her monthly consumption expenditure on food. This is an indicator of progress. Every state has shown remarkable improvement in the last 10 years.
Heavy screen use might create a vicious cycle for young kids.
New data: the more time 3.5-year-olds spent on tablets, the more angry outbursts they had at age 4.5... and the more they used tablets at 5.5.
Digital soothing is not a substitute for teaching emotion regulation.
Korean Archery team selection is so ruthless that they didn't even send An San, Tokyo Olympic's gold medalist in all 3 events, for Paris Olympics after she did poor in a domestic competition.
And it is not like An San is too old now. She is just 23. She even won 1 Gold and 1 Silver in Asian Games last year.
Imagine a selection process where a reigning 3 times Olympic Champion is told that she is not good enough at the age of 23.
Making into their Olympic Archery squad itself is so tough that by the time they reach the actual event, they have already gone through trial by fire and mentally toughened enough to take on anyone.