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 AI on Philosophy Part 1, by D. Conterno (2023) AI (ChatGPT 4) on imagining a fictitious encounter between Georg Hegel and Jiddu Krishnamurti. In a realm unbounded by time and space, a meeting of two intellectual giants takes place. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Jiddu Krishnamurti find themselves in an ethereal salon in the afterlive, furnished with a blend of classical and minimalist aesthetics—a space where reality and abstraction merge. A conversation then starts... Hegel: Ah, Mr. Krishnamurti, what an unexpected but delightful convergence. Given our preoccupations with understanding the very nature of existence, it seems fitting that we meet here in the afterlife, a place that defies the material constraints we so meticulously dissected. Krishnamurti: Indeed, Mr. Hegel. I must say, however, that I find the idea of an 'afterlife' to be yet another construct, albeit a fascinating one. It's the 'now' that truly matters, don't you think? Hegel: Ah, the Ete

  Conscious Leadership in Geopolitics: Nurturing Global Stability and Progress, by D. Conterno (2023) Geopolitics, the study of how geography influences politics and international relations, plays a crucial role in shaping the world we live in today. In this complex and interconnected global landscape, the importance of conscious leadership cannot be overstated. Conscious leadership refers to leaders who possess a deep sense of self-awareness, care, empathy, and a commitment to ethical decision-making. When applied to the realm of geopolitics, conscious leadership becomes a powerful force that can foster global stability, promote cooperation, and drive sustainable progress. Bridging Global Divides through Conscious and Ethical Politics One of the key attributes of conscious leadership is the ability to understand and appreciate the perspectives of others. In geopolitics, leaders who possess this quality are more likely to engage in meaningful dialogue, seek common ground, and find pe

Psychopathic founders need an ‘Asoka moment.’, by R. Gopalakrishnan (2022) There are disturbing company reports of pathologically destructive leadership behaviour—poor governance, discernible fudging, intemperate language, overweening ambition, perpetually boastful talk and so on. To my simple mind, psychopathic is like behaving in a toxic, megalomaniac or narcissistic manner. Not every founder’s behaviour is psychopathic, but as the cases keep coming, one wonders whether founder-CEOs are prone to this malaise—for example, BharatPe, PayTM, and Zee. Other examples have been Rotomac Pens, Pan Parag, RDAG, Kingfisher, Gitanjali Gems, Café Coffee Day, and Housing.com. Sometimes, the funders drive the founder into psychopathy. During my career, I served as non-executive director of a start-up company with a founder as MD. It took the board seven long years to be convinced that the founder-CEO was a psychopath with hallucinations about who he was and what he was worth. It took the board anot

When the Spiritual and the Material combine, by R. Gopalakrishnan (2022) Practitioners of corporate governance get challenged when the spiritual and material combine. One is faith-based, and the other is wealth-based. Spiritual and material tend to conflict because everyone loves God, money, politics, and sex! No wonder that Godmen have several books written about them—Khushwant Singh (2003), Bhavdeep Kang (2016) and Priyanka Pathak Narain (2017).  Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd (RSIL) recently raised equity. When RSIL started in the 1980s I had just completed a feasibility study on soya. Subsequently RSIL became insolvent. In 2017, it was acquired by associates of yoga guru, Baba Ramdev. In India, yoga and business have profoundly mysterious links. Godmen combine the spiritual and material, so are able act as power brokers. Recall Shraddha Mata, Chandraswami and many others while our newly independent nation grew into today’s India@75.   Dhirendra Brahmachari, a hatha yoga expert, was powe

Preserving SHE values in institutions, by R. Gopalakrishnan (2023) Last week this paper reviewed “Progressive Capitalism” by US Congressman Ro Khanna. The book made a case for decentralised capitalism. Asia Society India will shortly host a seminar on Balancing Profit and Purpose. Everywhere, the world seems to be searching for a different capitalism—Decentralised Capitalism, Conscious Capitalism, Enlightened Capitalism, Conscious Enterprise and so on. By overlaying my professional experiences on to these great ideas, I was led to the acronym SHE–Sustained, Humane, and Enlightened enterprise. Long-living institutions—companies, scientific, charity, educational—must overcome two obstacles regarding values: first, developing sound SHE values; second, the preserving those SHE values across generations.  Although set in the context of India’s freedom struggle, Gandhiji practiced the philosophy of truth, ahimsa, and satyagraha. Symbols like loin cloth, charkha, and Dandi march iconised his

The informative Human, by D. Conterno (2023)  Manolis Kellis is a prominent scientist and computational biologist known for his genomics and gene regulation research. He is currently a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Kellis and his team have developed computational methods for analysing the human genome and understanding the regulatory networks that control gene expression.   Genomics One of Kellis's most significant contributions to the field of genomics is the development of the ENCODE project. ENCODE stands for Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, an international collaboration that aims to identify and analyse all functional elements in the human genome. The project has produced an enormous amount of data and has helped to shed light on the complex mechanisms that regulate gene expression.   Kellis has also developed other genomics tools and resources, such as the Genomics of Drug Sensitivit