Category: Reviews
We Can Predict The Future
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar If you’ve ever tried to think about the future or read an article and contemplated the implications of a particular analysis, then forecasting concerns you. Superforecasting is about how to think about the future with accuracy,…
How Our Meritocracy Turned Tyrannical
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; Unsplash We are told we are not “victims of circumstance, but masters of our fate”. Those who achieve success have made it on their own. This age old mantra of the American Dream is deeply embedded into…
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; Wikipedia Positioned from the perspective of a renowned but deceased Colonel’s son, A Case of Exploding Mangoes (‘ACEM’) takes aim and scores brilliantly on the bullseye of its depiction of the civilian-army dichotomy that pervades Pakistan’s culture and…
A World Without Illusions
Credits: The White House / Flickr “There’s a physical feeling, a current of emotion that passes back and forth between you and the crowd, as if your lives are suddenly spliced together… a sense of connection that overrides our differences…
Capitalism is Spying on You
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; Ibrahim Rifath, Unsplah Dense with information and detail, Zuboff’s work proves unprecedented in her depth of analysis and clarity of argument. After the first couple pages of Zuboff constructing the outline of her case, the reader…
The Firm is the Crowns True Antagonist
Credit: Netflix Openings are not just for first impressions; they can serve an important literary or artistic function too. For instance, the first few lines of a book attempt to “hook” the reader to read on; the first few lyrics…
Chinas Silicon Valley is Forging the Future
Credits: Paolo Braiuca / Flickr Counter-intuitively, AI Superpowers is not just an AI book. Nor is it a book on geopolitics. It does much more than critically analyse and compare AI developments in China and the United States. Far from…
The Future of Politics Lies in Technology
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar / Sergeant Tom Robinson RLC/MOD / Wikipedia For law, politics or philosophy students who have encountered political theory, Susskind’s work particularly hits a chord. He asks, and more importantly, answers the questions that we all have…
Empireland The Legacies of the British Empire
Illustration-collage by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic “The legacies of empire run deep and are sometimes contradictory… but imperialism exists within us in much more complicated ways.” The conversation of the British Empire’s lasting legacy eludes us no more. For too…