Book Review 2025.15: The Righteous Mind, Why Good People Are Driven by Politics and Religion, (2012), Paperback 371 pages, September 11, 2025

This book is one of the best birthday gifts that I have received in recent years. On asking my friend how she picked this book for me, I was stunned to hear that she had used AI by giving my website reference that contains books I have written and reviewed. This indicates the enormous potential that AI has in arriving at informed and well researched decisions, even in gifting.   For all those who are troubled by the hatred filled

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Lessons That Linger: 18. IR to AI-What Can we Infer? 09 09 2025

18. IR to AI: What Can We Infer? Will the 21st century’s AI transform humanity as the 19th century IR did? Industrial Revolution increased productivity by about 50% in the first half of the 19th century and shifted the global economic centre from Asia -India & China to Europe -predominantly England.   IR transformed human life in three distinct ways: rapid urbanization, capitalists replacing the feudal lords at the apex of society, and shortages induced scarcity mindset replaced by increasing

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Sporting Insights -17: Breakdance in Paris 2024 Olympics: Can An Art Become a Game? October 17, 2024

Breakdance in Paris 2024 Olympics: Can An Art Become a Game? If you are wondering how Breakdance is a part of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, be rest assured you are not alone. This highlights the distinction between art and sports that is blurring with each passing day. Curious, I searched for a conceptual model that differentiates an art from a sport to understand how it was included in Olympics. Luckly, I found a model that separates not only art from

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