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The greatest peace-time threat to mankind is from the next coronal mass ejection (CME) that hits Earth

I became aware of this issue only a couple of days ago. The more I’ve looked at it it, the more clear it becomes that this is a REAL and serious threat to mankind, unlike fake threats such as from “global warming” (CO2 is a boon, as I’ve shown). HISTORY OF DISCOVERY OF CMEs NASA’s […]

Sharad Joshi’s plan for India – published in September 2017

Shetkari Sangathana has published a reform program document for India a couple of months ago, based on proposals by the late Sh Sharad Joshi. This is a VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FOR INDIA, WORTH CAREFULLY PERUSING. I’m publishing the Marathi version (which is detailed) and the summary English version. MARATHI | ENGLISH Unfortunately I nicked my […]

Time to dismantle the IAS – my article in Smart Governance magazine

My following article has been published in the latest issue of Smart Governance. I wrote it on the request of the accomplished editor of the magazine, JP Gupta. TEXT BELOW I learnt about India’s governance system from within its bowels, in the IAS. My experience included reporting to extremely corrupt ministers and dealing with arrogant […]

Rabi Kant Bharati’s condemnation of Hindutva violence (and my condemnation of Barun Mitra)

In this video, Rabi Kant Bharati, SBP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bhadohi, condemns the attempts by Hindutva fanatics to use violence against fellow Indian citizens in the name of religion/ cow/ love jihad. Rabi is a very young man and an outstanding liberal. He is a quick learner and very capable communicator. We need thousands […]

My article on the Ram statue in Times of India on 27 November 2017

I was travelling this day (27 Nov) to India and couldn’t share this article on this blog. Mostly likely you’ve seen this already, but sharing it again, nevertheless: Who’s pseudo-secular now? Sure, Yogi Adityanath, do build a Ram statue – but with your own money   [high resolution PDF here] Do read the largely obnoxious comments made […]

What Bitcoin really represents: a historic war between the people and government

Satoshi wrote in his white paper: “What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a trusted third party.” This harks back to the origin of money – which was an entirely people-based creation. […]

Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper – in PDF, Word and HTML

I need to study this paper more carefully, so here are some links – on my server: PDF | Word HTML below (I’ve not create the images yet) Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Satoshi Nakamotosatoshin@gmx.comwww.bitcoin.org Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party […]

Two essential papers – by Daniel Klein and Richard Ebeling – if you ever wish to make good public policy

I’ve found Daniel Klein’s paper Trust for Hire to be one of the most insightful about how markets regulate trust. Unfortunately, it is not readily available on the internet (at least I was unable to find it), so I’ve finally taken the time to scan and OCR it. The paper is now available here in […]

What would happen in a school that I own and run? It will produce the world’s greatest geniuses – no matter what the “calibre” of children you give me.

The main thing that I remember of my upbringing is a book called Living Biographies of Great Philosophers by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas – which was lying around in my house. And from that book, the main thing I remember is its comments on Socrates and Voltaire. I had always loved science, but this […]

Wonderful news: Maharashtra plans to allow PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS to be established!

James Tooley’s research has shown that India (among other similarly placed Third World nations) has thousands of low cost for profit schools. Now the great news: In the amendments to the Maharashtra Self-Financed Schools (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2012, the government has proposed to add ‘any registered company’ along with ‘any registered trust’ in Section […]