Diwakar Jhurani

🇮🇳. Works at @Meta. Formerly @EACtoPM & @UKinIndia. Alum @fletcherschool, #PDEU; Valedictory address: Personal views.

[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

1 minute lesson on what #Value to look for in your #Leader when you #Vote the next time in #India.

[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

#India tried to decouple from China after 2020. 5 years later, bilateral trade hit $151B, with India importing $7 for every $1 exported.

The paradox: Building domestic factories requires Chinese machinery, APIs, magnets. You can't assemble independence on imported inputs. #BRICS

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@ndtv @grok is this true, any other sources confirming this news ?

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#DevelopmentFinance

* #Chinese lending to developing world > World Bank.

* For every increase in IDA loans equivalent to 1% of national income, a borrowing country’s GDP per person rises by 0.35% after a year.

* West is interested in #climate funding over #poverty alleviation.

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Truth of @_DigitalIndia. A post office doesn't accept digital payments 😁

Oh, and the staff starts eating peanuts from 1 PM and chats while customers wait. Closing time is 2 PM.

Waiting for over 30 minutes now.

@JM_Scindia @Officejmscindia @IndiaPostOffice @IPPBOnline

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#Wokeism peaked in 2021-22 and has since receded ?

Those who worry a great deal about #race relations climbed from 17% (2014) to 48% (2021), but has since fallen to 35%.

The term “#WhitePrivilege" was used 2.5 times per 1m words written by the NYT in 2020. Last year it was 0.4.

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RACE

2. As %, more white men & women voted for #Harris than #Clinton or #Biden (both white).

3. #Trump was beating Biden by 12% among #whites in Feb 24 and beat Harris by 12% in Nov 24.

4. Less % of #Hispanics & #Blacks voted for Harris than Clinton/ Biden (both white).

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

#Gender & #Race had NO NET NEW role in #USAElection2024

GENDER

1. As % of male voters, #Trump led #Biden by the same amount in Feb 2024 as he led #Harris in Nov 2024 (about 10%). So, males didn't switch #Republican as soon as a female took over the #DemocraticParty ticket.

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[Mike Wise @MikeWiseguy]

It's not just that Trump won. It's that Joe Rogan, Dana White and Brett Favre won. Jailed insurrectionists won. The Alitos and the Thomases won. Vladimir Putin won. Racism won. Misogyny won. Sexism won. Global warming won. Xenophobia won. Most of all: Fear Won. That's what hurts.

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I'm definitely one of those whose life was improved by Dr. Bibek Debroy.

https://t.co/VrpX0PK5AD

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Sugar needs insulin to be absorbed. With fat on liver, more insulin needed that hampers pancreatic function (insulin production)➡️ diabetes. Extra sugar and fat will be stored by liver➡️insulin resistance.

Sugar can either be absorbed by liver or muscles. Exercise helps.

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

Body benchmarks:

Weight: F(Height (cm) - 110); M(Height (cm) - 105)

Waist : Hip ratio:: F(0.7); M(0.8-0.9)

Waist upper limit: F(32"); M(36")

Collar size: F (13.2"); M(14.8")

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

Low➡️Middle income: Attract investment;
Lower-middle➡️middle: Infusion (encourage local firms to adopt foreign tech + biz models), skilling;
Middle➡️high: Innovation (right mix of corporations, competition)

Eg. #SouthKorea 🇰🇷 per person income⬆️ $1200 (1960) to $33k (2023).

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

#WorldBank's 3i growth strategy,

Middle income nations (per person income: $1.15k-$14k)- population: 6bn (2/3 in extreme poverty); 40% of global GDP; 2/3 of global emissions.

Since 1990, 34 nations (<250m population) moved from middle to high income (EU integration/ oil).

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

Signals that preempt an attack,
* Overall town gets darker, enemy areas get brighter
* ⬆️ metallic reflections from cars
* Temperature> 4°, lunar illumination< 30%, no rain

But humans learn too- Iraqi insurgents burnt tyres to hamper Air Force optics, Vietnamese dug tunnels

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

Using #AI to predict terror attacks in violence prone areas.

High temperatures correlated with violence (because people support it in the background of other factors they can't blame).

US AI tool called #RavenSentry achieved 70% accuracy.

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

@NobelPrize 5 insights from winners of #NobelPrize in #Economics (2024): #DarenAcemoglu, #SimonJohnson, #JamesARobinson

1. Automation won't make humans obsolete
2. Automation exacerbates income inequality
3. Inequality hurts growth
4. Inclusive institutions ⬆️ growth
5. Democracy⬆️ growth

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For every $1 (ppp adjusted) created by an Indian 🇮🇳 in a particular time frame,

an American 🇺🇸 creates $8, an Australian 🇦🇺 $7, a Singaporean 🇸🇬 $6, a Japanese 🇯🇵 $5, a Polish 🇵🇱 $4, an Uruguayan 🇺🇾 $3, and a South African 🇿🇦 $2.

#LaborProductivity #SkillsGap #AgingWorkforce

[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

#Solutions

1. #Innovation: Create 🇺🇲 like ARPA+pool research funding.
2. Deeper #CapitalMarkets-fund risk-takers. Create 🇺🇲 like SEC.
3. Market linked pension system.
4. Agile regulators+globally competitive firms.

Cost: €800bn/yr (27% 🇪🇺 GDP)➡️more debt+⬇️ sovereignties.

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

#MarioDraghi on revitalizing European economy,

Productivity 🇪🇺:🇺🇲=0.95 ('95), 0.80 ('24)

Corporate borrowing from banks 🇪🇺 75%; 🇺🇲 25%

#Challenges: 1) World becoming protectionist (led by 🇺🇲🇨🇳), 2) 🇪🇺 trailing on new tech like #AI, 3) 🇪🇺 inability to exploit its own scale

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[Diwakar Jhurani @jhurani_]

Study of 72 countries found average #IQ ⬆️ 2.2 points per decade between 1948-2020.

Known as the “Flynn effect" after James Flynn, scientist who first noticed it.

What made it happen? Better nourishment (micro-nutrients) & mental stimulation.

Source: https://t.co/yajLCWwK2t