ashish mittal

master of none & lazy af ; sucker for history ; wodehouse worshipper ; aspiring connoisseur of bourbon & beer ; serial podcast(consum)er

[ashish mittal @ashimitt]

A long and complex article. But a must read on the possible beginnings of the virus, and the attempts by those-who-knew to mislead. Unputdownable read.

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[Yarchi @undefinedKi]

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[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang:

"Nobody writes prompts anymore. The new job is to write and handle loops."

This is the shift that's going to define the rest of 2026.

53 minutes of pure insight from one of the richest men on earth.

Watch it, then read the full guide on how to actually use loops below.

[me @twetsfyp]

Two Anthropic engineers have just revealed in 24 minutes all the hidden Claude features that almost nobody knows about.

This video is going to completely change the way you use AI.

Watch it and save it.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

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[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

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[Krishna Rao, K 🇮🇳 @krishnaraobsf]

India's Biggest Economic Challenge Is not Inflation, Oil, or War - It is an Unskilled Population Addicted to Distraction.

Every time oil prices rise, economists panic. Every time a war breaks out in the Middle East or Europe, television studios declare that India's economy is under threat. And yes, both matter. But neither represents India's greatest economic challenge. The real crisis is unfolding much closer to home.

It is a generation that spends more time consuming content than creating value. A workforce that debates geopolitics without mastering spreadsheets, artificial intelligence, coding, welding, precision manufacturing, sales, finance, communication, or even basic problem-solving. An economy where attention has become the most wasted national resource.

India is one of the youngest countries in the world. That should have been our greatest competitive advantage. Instead, we risk turning our demographic dividend into a demographic liability.

The Age of Endless Consumption

Never before has information been so accessible. Yet never before have so many people spent so much time learning so little. Hours disappear into political debates, celebrity gossip, cricket controversies, influencer reels, conspiracy theories, and outrage cycles that have absolutely no impact on an individual's earning potential. Ask someone how many hours they spent on social media last week. Then ask them how many hours they invested in acquiring a new professional skill. For many, the answer is uncomfortable. We have become experts at commenting on the economy while contributing very little to it.

Degrees Are Not Skills

India has no shortage of graduates. It has a shortage of employable graduates. Companies repeatedly report the same problem: vacancies exist, but suitable candidates are difficult to find. Not because people lack certificates. Because many lack practical skills. The world is rewarding competence, not credentials.
- Can you solve problems?
= Can you communicate effectively?
- Can you sell?
= Can you lead a team?
- Can you analyze data?
- Can you use AI to improve productivity instead of merely asking it amusing questions?
- Can you create something that another person is willing to pay for?
Those are the questions that determine economic success. Not the number of degrees hanging on a wall.

Attention Is the New Currency

The biggest theft today is not of money. It is of attention. Every notification fragments concentration. Every endless scroll delays mastery. Every hour spent consuming outrage is an hour not spent building expertise.

Modern economies reward deep work, specialized knowledge, creativity, and disciplined execution. Algorithms reward emotional reactions. Unfortunately, millions choose the algorithm.

The Coming Divide

Artificial intelligence is not replacing everyone. It is replacing people who refuse to learn. The future will belong to workers who continuously upgrade themselves. Those who combine human judgment with technological tools will become dramatically more productive. Those who stop learning will find themselves competing for fewer opportunities at lower wages. The divide will not be between rich and poor. It will increasingly be between skilled and unskilled.

National Growth Begins With Individual Discipline

Governments can build highways. Businesses can build factories. Universities can build campuses. But none of them can force an individual to develop skills. Economic transformation begins with personal responsibility. Spend one less hour arguing online. Spend one more hour learning. Read instead of scrolling. Build instead of complaining. Acquire one valuable skill every year. Become indispensable.

If millions of Indians made that simple choice, the country's economic trajectory would change more profoundly than any fiscal stimulus, any election promise, or any temporary fall in oil prices.

Wars will end. Oil prices will rise and fall. Markets will recover. But a nation that neglects skill development while surrendering its attention to endless distraction will struggle long after those headlines have disappeared.

The strongest economy is not built by the loudest voices. It is built by the most capable people.

#JaiHind

[Antonio Linares @alc2022]

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[Tock @yvan_theriault]

Dans la nuit fatidique du 14 avril 1912, lorsque le RMS Titanic heurta un iceberg et que le chaos engloutit des milliers de vies… un homme fit un choix totalement inattendu.
Son nom : Charles Joughin, le chef boulanger du navire.
Et son histoire est sans doute l’une des plus incroyables jamais racontées.
Au lieu de courir vers les canots de sauvetage… il donna un ordre surprenant :
👉 Remplir les embarcations de pain pour nourrir les survivants.
Puis, il retourna dans sa cabine… pour entamer sa propre “mission” 🍷😳
➡️ Boire une quantité impressionnante d’alcool.
L’esprit embrumé mais étrangement courageux, il remonta sur le pont.
Il jeta des chaises en bois à la mer, espérant que les naufragés puissent s’y accrocher 🪑🌊
👉 Un geste qui aurait sauvé des dizaines de vies.
Pendant que la panique explosait partout… cris, prières, chutes…
Lui resta calme.
Il marcha jusqu’à la poupe, enjamba la rambarde… et attendit.
Plus tard, il racontera :
💬 « Le navire a coulé sous moi comme un ascenseur. »
Quand le Titanic disparut dans l’Atlantique…
👉 Il se laissa simplement glisser dans l’eau.
💬 « Je n’ai même pas mouillé mes cheveux. » 😳
Et là… le plus incroyable commence.
L’eau était à -2°C 🧊
La plupart mouraient en 15 à 20 minutes.
Mais lui ?
👉 Il resta dans l’eau PLUS DE 2 HEURES.
Pourquoi ?
L’alcool :
✔️ Supprima sa peur
✔️ Le rendit totalement détendu
✔️ L’empêcha de paniquer et de gaspiller son énergie
Alors que normalement, l’alcool accélère l’hypothermie…
Dans son cas, il aurait atténué le choc thermique initial.
À l’aube…
Un canot le trouva… tranquillement en train de flotter 😳
Il monta à bord, se sécha…
👉 ET SURVÉCUT.
Sans séquelles.
Charles Joughin vécut jusqu’à 78 ans, prouvant une chose :
👉 Parfois… la survie défie toute logique.
🔥 Une histoire réelle, incroyable, presque irréelle.

[Financial Crux @FinancialCrux]

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[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

For everyone who is disappointed that we didn’t finish Pakistan. I have only one question.

What exactly do you mean by “Finish Pakistan”? What do you expect to do?

Do you want to do a WW2 style Operation Sickle Cut, launch armored pincer movements, encircle Pakistani armies and annex Pakistan? Why on earth would you want to do that?

Do you want to add 300 million hostile people, some of whom already think blowing themselves up is their greatest purpose in life? How will you manage them?

Is that how you will finish Pakistan?

Or do you want to nuke them out of existence?

Because let me give you a reality check here. We won’t do that. We can’t do that. Indian citizens cannot morally contemplate, let alone sanction, nuking 300 million people. So that option is out.

Then Someone said, “Let’s split Pakistan into 5 countries”.

Now, Pakistan isn’t some Ikea Furniture that you can assemble or disassemble at your will. As hopeless they may be, they still have a functioning military and a working bureaucracy. They will do anything they can to keep the country together.

With all our might, with all our focus, we can exploit that Faultline, but it will take a lot of money and energy and 10-15 years. Are you ready to wait that long?

Some people said we should do a large-scale attack on all their air bases, military bases, Ports, Military HQ everything. Obliterate them out of existence.

Sounds nice if you are movie general.

In reality if we do that, Pakistan will launch nukes on Mumbai and Delhi. Simple. Because it will be their last resort and they will exercise it.

Obviously, we will retaliate and wipe them out of existence, but are ready to lose our 2 big cities and the lives of 20 million Indians as a price for taking out their military?

I don’t think so.

Finally, what is War? War is nothing but politics by other means. And War without objective is pointless.

Any battle launched should be with a purpose.

Our purpose in this strike was two-fold

1. Send a message to Pakistan that for every Indian your terrorist kills, we will kill 100 of your terrorists. We will take you out even if you are ensconced in the heart of your country. We will come after your terrorists like a wrath of God.
2. If Pakistan retaliates, not only can we handle them, but we will also hit and twist the knife if it comes to that.

We have achieved it. In fact, we have more than achieved it.

We have put the fear of God in the terrorists. Obviously, they will try again, but this time they know we will hit back.

And we have clearly shown Pakistan that we can penetrate wherever we want into Pakistan, while the maximum they can do is look up and shake their fists.

Some people also speak about India being diplomatically isolated.

In this entire exercise, if anyone has been isolated, it is Pakistan.

In the olden days, as soon as something bad from Pakistan happened, most countries used to descend on us, asking us to be restrained, calm, resilient etc.

This time not only did nobody speak, but they also allowed us three days of complete freedom of action where we stuck fear in the hearts of the Pakistani military.

So much so, they had to beg to us to stop.

In international diplomacy, no country will come out and say “Please attack someone else. We are with you” .

They will support you only when you are being attacked. The fact that nobody said anything when we attacked, is a diplomatic success in itself. Just that we don’t see it.

To summarize, as far as Operation Sindoor is concerned

1. We sent 200 jihadis to where they belong.
2. Took out 9 terrorist locations deep inside Pakistan
3. Attacked all major Pakistani Air bases, made a complete mockery of their air defence system.
4. Made them beg for us to stop. I mean if it is a wrestling match, the person who taps out first is the one who loses. Pakistan tapped out. Ergo, they lost.
5. Ensured Indus Water Treaty is now firmly in the dustbin.
6. Have given ourselves the freedom to attack Pakistan as soon as a Terrorist incident takes place.

If this is not a win for us, then I don’t know what is.

P:S: India wants to be an advanced country and has to provide for 80 crore people who are below the age of 30.

We have to focus on industrialization, technological self-sufficiency and agricultural modernization.

We have higher priorities than fighting pointless wars against a country who has nothing and can give nothing.

[ashish mittal @ashimitt]

@misfitmedusa @VidyarthiBhavan This brings back memories... Beautifully done!

[ashish mittal @ashimitt]

Brilliantly articulated..

[Amit Schandillia @Schandillia]

[THOUGHT BUBBLE]
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India is a primitive nation. And like all primitive nations, runs on emotions. Emotions that draw on the land’s culture and traditions, both inalienable. You cannot imagine an India without its “Indianness.”

And what’s this Indianness?

[ashish mittal @ashimitt]

Super interesting thread..

[ashish mittal @ashimitt]

This is a fantastatic article. Quite loved reading it on broadsheet. Wish it could’ve been longer...

[Krish Ashok @krishashok]

My column on the science of alcohol for @Mint_Lounge (and why you should never waste money on expensive vodka) https://t.co/Y9CSiClG1q

[ashish mittal @ashimitt]

Good read. Beautifully unspooled.

[Ritesh Banglani @banglani]

When I was 18, I lost my entire month's income in 10 minutes of gambling. It was totally worth it. <story>

[ashish mittal @ashimitt]

@penpencildraw Hilarious!

[Dr. Nancy Olivieri @DrNancyOlivieri]

.@pfizer #CEO argues #TRIPSWaiver will “disrupt the flow of raw materials,” and “disincentivize anyone else from taking a big risk.”
Funny. No #Pharma company had trouble taking risks with public funding in vaccine development.
Thanks @nickdearden75
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[Prof. Shamika Ravi @ShamikaRavi]

Second wave receding across all states of India: