Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Almost a fortnight ago, I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Knowing the Social media Algorithm’ from an article titled ‘Algorithmic Gatekeepers’ by Shawn Fuller. In this episode we briefly discussed as to what these algorithms are and what are the different types currently in use by various social   →

 Namaste, I am Sunil Rao: Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. We are not taught about attention as need, as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and   →