If you think, it’s almost impossible for any government to hide the death of 15 million people today simply because the world is more transparent.
Category: Non-fiction
Have you seen a five-foot toddler?
The intuition of a straight line growth curve is obviously wrong in this case. But what about things we don’t understand?
The time when I regretted my generalization instinct!
I realized, what’s normal for me, isn’t the same for others.
Did the “free media” highlight Iran’s family planning miracle?
How many in the West know that women in Iran choose to have fewer babies today than the US?
The Data parable: A field full of dead sheep?
Newsroom editors with comfortable, upholstered chairs often pick the most dramatic estimates and show a worst-case scenario as if it were inevitable.
Prime Day deals: FOMO & dramatic decisions!
Anger and hatred are the modern day sugar and chips. Excess of either leads to undesired consequences for all of us to discern.
Prosaic life: Recognizing progress!
Changes are happening for the better over time. But seemingly slow and steady transformations don’t feature in our daily news feeds.
Truth, power, and politics: The curious case of Swaziland!
Science is about truth, eventually, whereas politics is about power.
Feminist revolution and the silent uprising
Feminists didn’t start any war, they didn’t carry out guillotines in city squares, they didn’t send people to the gulags.