Jan 2, 2026 | Economics & Economy, Rodin
Land, Energy, Water – sounds like the demand of a people fighting for basics but these are three resources that will dominate public policy discussion in the world as cities vie with one another to attract companies to set up data centres. Sustainability has not been a subject of debate linked to data centres and AI but it should be. Given the intensity of water usage, it is imperative to make appropriate investments in water treatment.
Read MoreOct 19, 2025 | Rodin, Economics & Economy
If the world is dynamic, there will always be a weakening or strengthening of exiting alignments and forging of new alignments. The likely differentiating factor now is that we will see a future where businesses and national governments will work more closely together than ever before. The reason is simple: (ignoring the domestic) governments have defined goals to face and take on the world for which they will need the support of business, who, in turn, will benefit from building businesses to a scale they could not have imagined
Read MoreSep 17, 2025 | Rodin, Tech, Info, Data & Analysis
There is an intensifying obsession in businesses with automation, aided and abetted by AI, which is so overpowering that it has displaced from the public sphere all else, displaying a poverty of thinking through. Since it is clearly not a phase, the sooner businesses realise the folly of such narrow thinking, the better it will be. Will they?
Read MoreSep 17, 2025 | Rodin, Tech, Info, Data & Analysis
We don’t have to dramatically alter our educational system for AI as is being argued by many because there is no dearth of educational materials on subjects such as Linear Algebra, Calculus, Probability and Statistics, which, however, can be and are studied even without any reference to AI. And the same goes for language too. We need to reorient the study of these subjects from the perspective of AI and build also a new generation of teachers. It is vital that we apply our minds to this if we do not wish this endeavour to go the way of so many Edtech companies
Read MoreAug 26, 2025 | Rodin, Tech, Info, Data & Analysis
What a relief! Humanity is safe from AI! AI is not going to take over humanity. For a simple reason.
There is a business to be built, actually businesses, competition to be ridiculed and quashed, new products to be launched, new names to be thought of (no more LLMs – Meta), pricing to be perfected, investments to be carefully planned. With so many practical things to be accomplished, where is the time to take over humanity?
