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7 years agodiscuss

Contact by Carl Sagan - A good novel that deals with the politics of Science and religion. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse , A philosophical take on life , reality and belief system. The Code Book by Simon Singh - A book that explains the history of cryptography in a very interesting way

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7 years agodiscuss

How would we differentiate a genuinely huge discount from a mis-priced sale ? Ethically both parties are obliged to cancel the deal if the transaction doesn't incentivise both parties . But big players look at these as a good PR rather than mistake since the losses might be a fraction of what they are spending for marketing

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7 years agodiscuss

I would say things had changed in the past couple of decades with more public participation in democracy ,It is still not a absolute "land of law" but it is much better now and will outshine china due to democracy

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7 years agodiscuss

Lucky for India , Soviet Union collapsed at the right time if not socialism would be still the norm and 1/6th of the world population would be still in abject poverty

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