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"The future depends on what you do today"
"TRUTH IS MY GOD"
-MK Gandhi

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I realize that its essential to re-read through my notes of past read books which affect me as a person, friend, artist & worker

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Reading diverse books is my life’s best ROI- some of these treasures have taken years & even lifetime of wise ppl to write!

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[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

The whole system revolves around the idea that the majority can be made to believe 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, so long as it is repeated loudly and often.

And it works.

[Zain Kahn @heykahn]

AI is going to permanently change how marketing works.

If you're not paying attention, you're going to be out of a job pretty soon.

I played around with ChatGPT (a new AI tool) recently.

Here's how AI will change marketing forever:

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"Arduous working conditions in Amazon warehouse or FB discharging hatred+misinformation. Job of democratic politicians is to be guardians of public interest, not the lubricants to private gain" via @rafaelbehr #UberFiles is #UberFails https://t.co/TOD0qv5v3a

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Time to completely switch off from social perhaps from hereon

#MyTwitterAnniversary

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Wow! Our cities definitely need more of these to make cities more walkable and pedestrian friendly. Walkable neighborhoods are happy places :-)

[CEO, NOIDA Authority @CeoNoida]

New pedestrian crossings being laid across city main junctions; Would promote safe pedestrian movement ; Glimpses of those near brahmaputra market, DPS school crossing etc

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Reality be damned, when democratic institutions stop working with autonomy and knee down to the centralized power! :-(

#UmarKhalid today, but could be anyone of us who criticizes establishment!

[Gaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis]

There only crime #UmarKhalid committed was being socially active, outspoken, but most of all, having a vilification friendly Muslim name like Umar Khalid. Though he's an avowed atheist.

His crime is being a very WhatsApp university friendly villain. Reality be damned.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In cultures of arrogance, people get rewarded for expressing certainty and conviction. The most confident speaker claims the most status.

In cultures of humility, people are applauded for admitting ignorance and asking questions. The most complex thinker earns the most respect.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“Parents in Poland left their baby strollers in rail road stations for the Ukrainian moms that fled carrying their children.”

So many beautiful people in this world.

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@Rai98Skr @varungrover A small contribution from my side

[Djuney @juneymb]

India, this is what a politician should be

[Benjamin Ramm @BenjaminRamm]

During his inaugural address in 2019, Zelensky told lawmakers: “I do not want my picture in your offices: the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids' photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.”

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Heartful writeup on current scheme of things for most affluents in big cities worldwide. Thanks @sweatystartup to write this down

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Work from home & isolation isn't helping.

Very few people I know spend much time enjoying the company of folks in their community.

They punch the clock & go about the rat race looking forward to that next vacation.

And when they get there they've forgotten how to socialize.

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I think capital investment decision making is over hyped!!

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

Returns over the last 20 years...
-Berkshire Hathaway: +548%
-Gold: +548%

Same end point, very different path getting there.

Charting via @ycharts

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"a welfare society in Finland: that people like me, coming from quite a modest background, have had the opportunities in life to go to study, to go to university, to have a chance in life to make their own future”
#Governance #Lessons from #Happy #Finland
https://t.co/VdADdFobZB

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@mfuloria @narendramodi @NITIAayog @moefcc Two & half men's plan is pretty lucid- focus on equity markets sheen, ensure cronies take all + sponsored propaganda from these to keep dividing and ruling. No focus on citizens' basics like air, water, quality of food- because citizens are divided & don't fightback. #JaagoRe

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Interesting #TopSoilErosion metaphor from agriculture to explain #ValuesErosion at businesses

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

6/ Now India itself has started to apply that metrics obsession in its own business world, brought to India by India-born management gurus who made it American business schools.

The result is employee turn over and lack of morale, same as in the US.

Time to think different🙏

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#ILoveGurugram

[Saurabh shukla @Saurabh_Unmute]

सिर्फ़ गुरुद्वारे ही नहीं सैकड़ों हिंदू गुरूग्राम में शुक्रवार को होने वाली नमाज़ के लिए अपनी ज़मीन, अपनी दुकान अपने खेत तक देने को तैयार हैं .. मेरी पूरी रिपोर्ट

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"size of the farm, in and of itself, did not affect production per acre, in actual practice ... given the same resource facilities, soil content and climate, a small farm produces, acre for acre, more than a large one"

#ChCharanSingh wrote in 1964

https://t.co/PB5TzkSAbG

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“I have faith in the Ayurvedic belief that when you cook for your child or family, you are not only giving them food, but also passing your love on to them"

https://t.co/QFcMuYtGi8

[parkrun Australia @parkrunAU]

💛 This weekend at parkrun events around Australia there were:

📌 208 events
😁 20,984 walkers, joggers & runners
🙌 2,099 volunteers
🤩 807 first-timers
💪 1,854 (not)parkruns

💚 #loveparkrun