Shankar Ananth Asokan

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  • The Power of ‘Charm’

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    “But charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can’t resist charm.” – Irene (Hors De Prix) Very powerful is ‘charm’ that it tends to bias people against rational decisions. Throughout history men who were charming got more public recognition and rewards than men who really performed. And charm is not…

  • The Google Threat

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    If you have watched movies like Die Hard 4.0 or War Games you can potentially know how much can be done with information on centralized systems. Though the themes of these movies are fiction, reality is quite close or even worse. Consider the amount of information Google has. They have an awful lot of data.…