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Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—3

November 22, 2021UncategorizedDharma, Elite, India, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/TechShivoham

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Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—3: What Would Arjuna Do?

Background

Part—2 identified two divergent western streams of decision making and examined their strengths and limitations that are briefly summarized below:

Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—2

Memoryless (prediction-free) decisions based on … Read the rest

Indic Decision Making Under Uncertainty—2

December 28, 2020UncategorizedDharma, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/Tech, WorldShivoham

Introduction

Part-1 reviewed the modern concepts of local fragility, robustness, and antifragility (FRA) [3] in the context of decision making under uncertainty. A study of Kautilya’s Arthasastra (1500 BCE per Pauranic Chronology or 300 BCE) reveals a clear understanding and … Read the rest

Indic Decision-Making Under Uncertainty—1

November 16, 2020UncategorizedDharma, Niti, Purva Paksha, Sci/Tech, WorldShivoham

Indic Decision-Making Under Uncertainty — 1:

From Arthasastra to AI

Skip to Section 2: Decision Making under Uncertainty in Kautilya’s Arthasastra

The ability to make good decisions under uncertainty is a valuable life skill. It is also a key area … Read the rest

Classical Indic Logic: Tarka Sastra

January 31, 2020UncategorizedBharatavarsha, Dharma, Elite, India, Purva Paksha, TraditionsN.R.I.pathi

Introduction

Kaanaadam Paanineeyam cha sarva saastra upakaarakam

“Logic and grammar are indispensable aids for every branch of Knowledge.” [2, 11]

Classical Indic Logic, or Tarka Saastra, is alternatively referred to as “the science of ratiocination“. [2, 11] It … Read the rest

[Guest Post] Decoding the Intellectual Kurukshetra

February 2, 2016UncategorizedElite, High Culture, History, Identity, Purva Paksha, SocietyAdmin

The following Post was composed by Shivoham. You can follow him here on Twitter.

This blog is about contemporary India, but we start with a bit of European history.

Part-1: 20th Century Europe

Alan Turing

In 1939, ace computer … Read the rest

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