The Evolving Corporate Board
The business world has changed dramatically over the past few years. The human element is key –in the business of risk-taking. Thus, the rising complexity of board directorship. New challenges
Skeletons in the Closet
Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and memories in the context of the on goings back ‘home’ (Pakistan)–after returning from ‘abroad’ (USA).
Recipe: Persian Lentil Rice With Dates
Sourced from the NYTimes Cooking
Poetry: Homes, Back to Home
Homeswe all leave home eventually,leave the dark comfort of wombs,leave the home of childhood,some earlier than others depending uponthe warmth or not of particular hearths.inevitably some step outand abandon silver
Why Governments Offload Risks to Individuals
Under the guise of empowerment and freedom, politicians and business are offloading lifethreatening risk to individuals Suzanne Schneider at Aeon: I have for several years been working on a book
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AI Is Everywhere—Including Countless Applications You’ve Likely Never Heard Of
By Niusha Shafiabady at Singularity Hub: Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere. Right now, generative AI in particular—tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini (previously Bard), and others—is at the peak of hype.
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Power Plant on the Moon By Mid-2030s
by Edd Gent in Singularity Hub: Supporting any future settlement on the moon would require considerable amounts of energy. Russia and China think a nuclear power plant is the best
Z A Bhutto: Incomplete Justice
Will the judges remain in their ivory towers or see the reality of political injustice in Pakistan? Faisal Siddiqi at Dawn: THE state-sponsored judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB),
Asif Ali Zardari: The Prince of Guile
Even his rivals acknowledge that Zardari is a deal-maker par excellence. He has been written off and made a comeback so many times that his doubters have simply stopped trying.
How Pseudo-Intellectualism Ruined Journalism
A dose of working-class realism can save journalism from groupthink William Deresiewicz in Persuasion: I was sitting across from the professor as she went over my latest piece. This was
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How Much Life Has Ever Existed on Earth, and How Much Ever Will?
Peter Crockford in Singularity Hub: All organisms are made of living cells. While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the first cells came to exist, geologists’ best estimates suggest at
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The Photographic News. Two Rainbows. A Rose.
In 1868 a reviewer for The Photographic News described a set of prints made by Julia Margaret Cameron as ‘altogether repulsive’. Searching for the original source of this comment for
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