Sachin’s Semi-Insightful Scribblings

Villainous Hero

With an increasingly polarized world comes the dangerous tendency to impulsively bucket people through the binary lens of the hero and villain…

Aug 9, 2020 • 

Sachin Kesiraju

July 2020

Globalization Retreat and Tech Politicization

Last week, an important underreported release from the European Union Parliament detailed a plan to introduce a government controlled Internet similar…

Jul 1, 2020 • 

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June 2020

Identity Innovation Zone

An interesting trend I’ve observed lately is the return to the pseudonymous digital identity — the alt account (the finsta, the private snap and the alt…

Jun 23, 2020 • 

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Invisible Authority

Contrary to the expected dynamic of a democratic society we are ruled by an invisible authority — one that governs our tastes, forms our opinions and…

Jun 12, 2020 • 

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May 2020

Digital CAC Problem

With impending recession fears causing growth stage startups to tighten the belt, the problem of rising customer acquisition cost (CAC) and the…

May 29, 2020 • 

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Dionysian Impulse

The Ancient Greeks knew of an important dichotomy woven into our existence — the Apollonian and the Dionysian.

May 17, 2020 • 

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Seeking Alpha

as we slowly return from lockdown in the upcoming weeks, we find ourselves faced with the consequential challenge of picking up the pieces of a…

May 5, 2020 • 

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April 2020

Innovation From The Inside

A general theme that’s been circulating tech circles in the last week is the trend of innovative shortage in the real world.

Apr 24, 2020 • 

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Aesthetic Revival

Given the current circumstances in the outside world, an interesting theory I’ve been playing with is that times of uncertainty and distress tend to…

Apr 7, 2020 • 

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March 2020

Airbnb Supply Problem

Based on my past experience working with Airbnb hosts at my last startup and recent changing market conditions affecting the travel industry, I figured…

Mar 26, 2020 • 

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Memetic Parasitism

In light of recent spread of misinformation regarding the coronavirus, I’ve been thinking about how flawed ideas spread.

Mar 20, 2020 • 

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Affirmations

Our minds works in mysterious ways which when “hacked” with can be incredibly powerful — especially in the case of affirmations.

Mar 10, 2020 • 

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