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The article explores how our evolutionary predispositions for calorie-dense foods and energy conservation are exploited by modern industries. Just as processed foods hijack our taste preferences, digital platforms manipulate our attention spans, offering low-effort, high-reward content that leads to habitual consumption. This alignment of biological instincts with corporate incentives fosters cycles of overconsumption and disengagement, impacting both physical and mental well-being.

droppGroup is redefining the digital age with droppOne, its AI-powered, blockchain-driven platform trusted by governments and Fortune 500s. From tokenizing sovereign assets to automating entire infrastructures, the company quietly leads the shift toward a decentralized, intelligent internet built for real-world value exchange and autonomy.

Legacy financial systems create bottlenecks, errors, and hidden costs. SAP FICO expert Parveen Singh Hoshiar Singh helps companies modernize with automated solutions that reduce reconciliation errors, improve reporting accuracy, and support global operations. His expertise ensures smooth data migration and optimized financial control.

Centralized cloud systems struggle with latency, resilience, and compliance—especially in global Fintech. This article shares real-world tuning strategies using decentralized cloud and blockchain, from geo-aware microservices to dual-layered data flows, proving that decentralization isn’t just hype—it’s a performance necessity

Despite tensions between the U.S. government and Latin American countries over migration and tariffs, the business ecosystem within the hemisphere remains committed to cross-border investment. The Global Accelerator Network, commonly known as GAN, recently added a prominent accelerator program from Mexico’s top university to its global network.

The article explores the concept of communication beyond traditional human-centric views. It delves into quantum physics, highlighting how particles like photons can carry vast amounts of information through properties such as frequency and entanglement. The piece challenges conventional definitions of communication, suggesting that our current understanding is limited and anthropocentric.

The article explores the paradox of reading in the age of AI: while we forget most of what we read, that forgetting serves a purpose—shaping implicit understanding, worldview, and creativity. Unlike AI, which retains explicit data, humans build flexible mental models. Reading, even when “forgotten,” prepares us to ask better questions and harness AI more effectively. Yet since AIs can’t read most copyrighted books,...

The healthcare industry, including pharma, medical devices and patient care, have all increased their reliance on AI, especially Large Language Model (LLM) But while new tech brings immense promise, it’s also increasing risk. When AI is not properly integrated and validated, it can jeopardize compliance, patient safety, and trust in the technology.

The article explores how domestication—genetic, chemical, and behavioral—is not exclusive to animals. It argues humans have long domesticated each other, often without conscious intent, through institutions, culture, marketing, and even food chemistry. Leaders, systems, and corporations shape behavior for labor, loyalty, or consumption. Like ants herding aphids, this human-to-human domestication is incentive-driven, subtle, and deeply embedded in modern life.

The article explores emergence—the rise of complex, unplanned behaviors from simple components—linking it from the origins of life to AI. Just as life, language, and consciousness emerged from randomness, new abilities like logic, math, and soon emotions and opinions are emerging in LLMs. These are not designed traits but byproducts of scale and complexity. While not AGI, such emergent capabilities are reshaping expectations—and markets...

Part 2 deepens the reader’s AI intuition by unpacking second-tier terms like GenAI, hallucinations, alignment, reasoning, emergence, RLHF, and AGI. It explains how AI’s apparent intelligence is a product of language pattern-matching, not awareness. The article demystifies popular fears and technical misunderstandings while clarifying that today’s AIs, despite seeming “smart,” are fundamentally limited tools—not conscious or general-purpose thinkers.

This article emphasizes that building real intuition about AI starts with understanding its core terminology. It explains how foundation models like GPT function—not as intelligent entities but as powerful pattern-completion machines trained on vast datasets. The article demystifies key terms like multimodal, diffusion, and fine-tuning, arguing that a clear grasp of what these systems are not (e.g., sentient or omniscient) is essential to avoid...

A few months ago, I was deep in the job-hunting trenches, sending out applications like there was no tomorrow. After submitting 100 applications, I landed just one interview and one online assessment. That’s a 2% conversion rate — a number that would terrify any job seeker. I knew something was wrong, and I was determined to figure out what. I dug into the best...

The article traces how language enabled civilization but now limits progress. AI foundation models—like LLMs—can overcome language’s constraints by offering not just information but truth-checking, personalization (via RAGs), and agency. These advances could revolutionize human knowledge interaction, freeing us from outdated communication methods. However, success depends on implementation, economic viability, and avoiding restrictive regulation.

The article distinguishes between transformative technologies, which fully replace old systems (like electric light), and fork technologies, which create parallel paths (like bicycles or handcrafted goods). It argues that hyped tools like quantum computers and LLMs are likely forks—not replacements—because they excel only in specific contexts. Recognizing forks helps avoid overinflated expectations and guides better adoption strategies in tech and business.

The article critiques the limits of classical Darwinian and Mendelian evolution theories, arguing that random mutations alone can’t explain rapid, cross-generational adaptations. It explores epigenetics, gene expression influenced by environment, and how living organisms function as nested, collaborative gene systems. These complex, layered interactions—like bacterial DNA inside human cells—suggest evolution is faster, more interconnected, and less random than once believed.

The article argues that nature and capitalism exploit our biological wiring, undermining free will. To reclaim agency, we must adopt “Ulysses Contracts”—self-imposed constraints that protect us from our own impulses. This logic extends to AI: like ourselves, AI agents may need pre-programmed limitations to align with long-term human goals. Effective AI regulation must act as a societal Ulysses Contract, guiding behavior before harmful actions...

Explore how LUKSO's Hack the Grid hackathon is advancing smart contract accounts and digital identity through Universal Profiles and LSPs

The article explores how our evolutionary past as hunter-gatherers has shaped a brain optimized for short-term survival, not long-term planning. This mismatch makes modern goals like fitness, financial stability, and career success challenging, as they require sustained effort without immediate rewards. Our instincts favor quick gratification, leading to struggles with procrastination and susceptibility to quick-fix solutions. Recognizing this evolutionary bias is the first step...

When implementing modern design patterns with Jetpack Compose, I encountered several interesting challenges that led me to explore alternative component architectures.

MEXC marks its 7th year with 143% spot and 118% futures growth, 36M users, 3,000+ assets, and $136M in rewards. With world-class support, community engagement, and strategic scaling, MEXC cements its position among the top global crypto exchanges and sets the stage for future innovation.

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Mexico is the 10th largest market in terms of revenue in Latin America. There are 67 startups related to the video game industry in the country. The category received $70,000 in venture capital investment from 2022 to 2023.

The Indian gaming industry is sitting on an industry explosion in the near future as mobile gaming becomes a serious capability of Indian gamers. The recent FICCI EY Media and Entertainment Industry Report 2025 says that “given India’s mobile-first gaming capabilities, the nation can become the gaming back-office of the world’