Amit Varma
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Writer & columnist. Podcaster at https://t.co/clnwAyuGM8 Blogger at India Uncut. Two-time winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism (2007 & 2015).
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Joined February 2008
India’s policy ecosystem was once a desolate landscape, stuck in bad ideas of the past. One institution shook it all up. @acorn & @pranaykotas join me in episode 433 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe how they built the Takshashila Institution:
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India’s policy ecosystem was once a desolate landscape, stuck in bad ideas of the past. One institution shook it all up. Nitin Pai and Pranay Kotasthane join Amit Varma in episode 433 of The Seen and…
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Just finished listening, fantastic episode! Check out all the episode recs here: https://t.co/jpYcKCADSn Can't wait to dig into Open Takshashila! Thanks Nitin and Pranay, and thank you Amit 🙏🏽
India’s policy ecosystem was once a desolate landscape, stuck in bad ideas of the past. One institution shook it all up. @acorn & @pranaykotas join me in episode 433 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe how they built the Takshashila Institution:
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.@acorn & I were on my (and perhaps everyone's) favourite podcast to discuss the @TakshashilaInst journey thus far. Listen in.
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India’s policy ecosystem was once a desolate landscape, stuck in bad ideas of the past. One institution shook it all up. @acorn & @pranaykotas join me in episode 433 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe how they built the Takshashila Institution:
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India’s policy ecosystem was once a desolate landscape, stuck in bad ideas of the past. One institution shook it all up. Nitin Pai and Pranay Kotasthane join Amit Varma in episode 433 of The Seen and…
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Celebrate the holidays with Capcom! Iconic titles like Monster Hunter Wilds, Resident Evil 4 & Street Fighter 6 are on sale now. Don’t wait—these limited‑time deals make the perfect gift for gamers!
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Also, most readers who came to get copies of #TheHindiHeartland signed mentioned to me that they had heard my podcast with @amitvarma. Amit, you are a celebrity in Bangalore. For those of you who have not heard it yet, here it is https://t.co/3McH7aNJeL
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The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma · Episode
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The world is complex, everything is in flux, no man steps in the same river twice. And with that, @ajay_shah & I are wrapping up Everything is Everything. We explain why, & share our lessons, in our final episode:
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In Bangalore with these two amazing people, at Emergent Ventures India
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An informal magazine launch by three wonderful humans, two of whom inspired @puliyabaazi podcast and one who supported it! What a start to the Unconference @srajagopalan @prempanicker @amitvarma @mercatus
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Amar-Akbar-Anthony meetup of three podcasts on 5th December. Please come.
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On my day to Bangalore for two conferences, at least eight SU recordings, and meeting friends. Packed 20 days ahead! 🙂
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He’s been in AI since the late 1970s, & started a pioneering machine learning hedge fund in the 1990s. Now he’s a prof, podcaster, Substacker, yoda--& has written a cracking book! Yes, @VasantDhar is my guest in episode 432 of The Seen and the Unseen: https://t.co/H7IeQsxqXA 🙂
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He’s been working in AI since the late 1970s, and started a pioneering machine learning hedge fund in the 1990s. Now he’s a professor, a podcaster, a Substacker, a yoda — and has just written a…
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He’s been in AI since the late 1970s, & started a pioneering machine learning hedge fund in the 1990s. Now he’s a prof, podcaster, Substacker, yoda--& has written a cracking book! Yes, @VasantDhar is my guest in episode 432 of The Seen and the Unseen: https://t.co/H7IeQsxqXA 🙂
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He’s been working in AI since the late 1970s, and started a pioneering machine learning hedge fund in the 1990s. Now he’s a professor, a podcaster, a Substacker, a yoda — and has just written a…
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Very excited to meet the listeners of my favorite podcasters @amitvarma @pranaykotas @saurabhchandra and @thescribblebee @TakshashilaInst on December 5th in Bangalore :)
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The product is live. Image / text → usable 3D. If you’re building something where this actually makes sense, comment with what you’re working on and where current tools fall short. I’ll upgrade relevant users to Pro.
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I'll be in Bangalore for over two weeks in December, and am super-excited about this particular meetup. @srajagopalan & @pranaykotas are among my favourite thinkers *and* human beings on this planet. @saurabhchandra & @thescribblebee are also too cool. Wow! Please join us!🙂
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Through the years, I have changed and my life has changed because I've learnt new ways to look at the world. Ditto @ajay_shah. In episode 127 of Everything is Everything, we speak about 10 frameworks -- five each -- that shaped us:
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The most complex part of human nature is our sexuality. What do we want? What do we lust for? Where did these instincts & feelings arise? WTF even? In episode 126 of Everything is Everything, @ajay_shah & I discuss the What & Why of Human Sexuality:
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The most complex part of human nature is our sexuality. What do we want? What do we lust for? Where did these instincts & feelings arise? WTF even? In episode 126 of Everything is Everything, @ajay_shah & I discuss the What & Why of Human Sexuality:
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Progress is not linear, and neither is the journey from prop eval to live trading. The shift from a controlled evaluation to real-risk trading requires more than technical skill. It demands a stronger mindset, tighter risk management, and ongoing self-assessment. This handy
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I modified the code powering https://t.co/XZR8Id9GKt to spin up a similar recommendations explorer for the fantastic YouTube show Everything Is Everything by the dynamic duo @amitvarma and @ajay_shah! Enjoy -> https://t.co/YGbPczZYyH e.g. here are the recommendations from the
Excited to (re)share a side-project I've been working on. Presenting: https://t.co/XZR8Id9GKt ! It's my love letter to The Seen And The Unseen podcast by Amit Varma (@amitvarma) In each episode, Amit asks his guests to recommend books, music, movies etc and I've discovered
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I spoke with @amitvarma about #TheHindiHeartland. As usually happens in conversations which make you feel safe & significant, we chatted about my being a Muslim woman in India, editing @FORCEmagazine, warfare & d Indian armed forces. Do listen in.
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Our Hindi Heartland has more people than the USA and Western Europe combined — and is arguably more diverse. Ghazala Wahab joins Amit Varma in episode 431 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe her…
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