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#SOTD 96: The rise of ‘Narrative capital’ (Sajith Pai post)
July 18, 2022
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#SOTD 88: Smart acronyms to label patterns (Marc Andreesen interview)
June 29, 2022
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#SOTD 87: Hill climbing as an analogy (Marc Andreesen interview)
June 28, 2022
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#SOTD 83: Discerning a pattern from different events
June 22, 2022
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#SOTD 80: Contrast with the right norms (Data on global fertility rates)
June 17, 2022
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#SOTD 75: Is the world going nuts (or is it just probability)?
June 10, 2022
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#SOTD 71: Make big numbers relatable (S Jaishankar interview)
June 6, 2022
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#SOTD 57: That Steve Jobs Interview – Part 2
May 17, 2022
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#SOTD 46: The mad contrast of T20 cricket
April 18, 2022
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#SOTD 41: Finding the simplest explanation
April 11, 2022
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