Catchup #16: Insightful Twitter Threads (Tarek Fatah, CM Vs PM, Modi Govt, AI World, Sudan War)
1. Tarek Fatah - passing of a powerful voice
Some unassuming people come and change the course of a generation. Mr. Tarek Fatah was one such person. Before he started there was no honest voice that one had encountered from Pakistan. He not just called out the farce of that society but also raised the questions that had been found to be inconvenient in India and the West. He started a movement that created many questioning voices from the Pakistani diaspora and the country itself. The small frame with a courageous voice set in motion a review that will tear apart a society that has been a mockery of humanity. A society that could not handle his presence.
May the voice of the Lion never die.
Here is a very engaging and informative thread on the man.
It has been difficult for us since yesterday as we got the news of our beloved Lion passing Away.
— The Jaipur Dialogues (@JaipurDialogues) April 25, 2023
Tarek Fatah Sahab, we remember you!
Thread: pic.twitter.com/cm9MNygysN
2. Chief minister vs Prime Minister
The problem in India is that debates go to ridiculous extents. Even the educated lose all sense. For example, when the farce that Arvind Kejriwal is, came out in the open in terms of how he had splurged money on his home they compared the PM's house. Here is a useful thread to get a bit of common sense.
🧵 The cost comparison of the Delhi CM’s & India’s PM’s house is ridiculous for lots of reasons. The foremost role of the PMH is to act as a nuclear command bunker. This role entails not just making a deep set command centre under the house but also ingress & egress routes in
— Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) April 25, 2023
3. Modi Government's achievements
The opposition and the hit men from outside India have been working overtime to dampen the achievements by Modi government.
Here is a thread on perhaps the most extensive survey done in India on the impact of Modi's economic policies.
Is India's democracy dwindling❓
— Anti Propaganda Front (@APF_Ind) April 21, 2023
Well, a study by economist @ShamikaRavi examined the gains in electricity, bank accounts, mobiles, and toilets and results will shock detractors.
Study found "No Communal Bias in Central Govt Policies, infact Minorities Gained More"
A thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ckcbPxJ4g1
4. Future in an AI world
What will be the future of our world where AI is the norm? Sridhar Vembu, the CEO of Zoho shares his views. Not sure that I fully agree but the key here is to ensure no monopolies are set up.
1/ I will summarize my concerns about AI. I won't focus on the technology itself but on the economic consequences.
— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) March 31, 2023
First of all, if AI were to eliminate all jobs, it means AI is able to produce all the goods and services humans need and want without human labor.
5. How state and business works together
A very interesting thread on how US establishment used its sabotage arm - USAID - to bomb another country and take over its pharma industry. We know that the same ecosystem tried to sabotage India during COVID.
1) Let’s talk about Sudan.
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) April 25, 2023
In 1998, Bill Clinton launched 14 cruise missiles onto Sudan’s largest pharmaceutical plant, FALSELY accused of making chemical weapons linked to Osama Bin Laden.
Opening the door for the USAID and US pharma companies.https://t.co/nwMfg5niql