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The futility of targets: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

Our identity and self-worth are linked to the goals we achieve. Ironically, that is what binds us down as well.

The image of hundreds of humans jammed in a queue, waiting to summit Mount Everest, is to me an image of heartbreak.
Published on Jul 12, 2019 05:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByCharles Assisi

The new, new drug peddlers: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

It’s no accident that you can’t set your phone aside for more than a few minutes. Companies are investing millions of dollars to make sure you stay hooked.

This image was posted on Twitter by @poisonaavi recently, tagged: ‘The “I don’t have time to read” starter pack.
Published on Jun 29, 2019 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByCharles Assisi

The anatomy of a lover’s sulk: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

Sulking is thought of as a silly but the truth is, it should be celebrated. We only sulk with those that we trust will neither abandon nor stop loving us.

A statue by the Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869 – 1943).
Published on Jun 15, 2019 06:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByCharles Assisi

Lessons in leadership from The Lion King, by Charles Assisi

25 years since the Disney movie, and with a remake out in July, a look at Mufasa, Simba and Scar’s very different management styles.

Mufasa knows he is a king. He talks like one, walks like one. He feels no need to exaggerate or diminish his authority. Meanwhile, his brother Scar is fixated on perceived past injustices, and this has made him bitter, petty and short-sighted.
Published on Jun 15, 2019 05:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByCharles Assisi

Life Hacks: The intimate lives of algorithms, by Charles Assisi

They can guess what we’re thinking, feel pain, and show signs of empathy. Where does that leave us?

The default voice on Amazon’s Alexa (above) and Apple’s Siri, which are powered by algorithms, is set to be that of a woman who can be “commanded”. But they’re not programmed to be total pushovers, as I recently discovered.
Published on Jun 01, 2019 03:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByCharles Assisi

Life Hacks: Where is your personal moral hazard, asks Charles Assisi

Everyone borrows to fund the present. But how much do you prudently borrow from the future? That is a troubling question.

(HT Illustration: Sudhir Shetty)
Updated on May 30, 2019 06:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByCharles Assisi

Life Hacks: The economic case for leisure, by Charles Assisi

That we must compete and compete hard to get ahead and stay ahead is what we are told. It is a toxic narrative.

(HT Illustration: Sudhir Shetty)
Updated on May 06, 2019 02:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByCharles Assisi

Supreme Court’s Aadhaar ruling: A judgment that sets the tone for India’s soft power

Even as citizens were driving themselves into a funk over what way the courts may rule, the founding team that had worked on Project Aadhaar had moved on to other things. For instance, how might they deploy their learnings from India to other projects, or in other parts of the world.

What the Supreme Court has passed verdict on are petitions filed by those opposed to the project in its current avatar.(Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 26, 2018 11:05 PM IST
ByNS Ramnath and Charles Assisi
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