Jophin Mathai
@jofmat.bsky.social
philanthropy, education, social mobility, social change | amateur philosopher | I read, write, listen l posts are personal
Work at: Center for Asian Philanthropy India
Work at: Center for Asian Philanthropy India
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Books I read/finished reading in 2025 🧵
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
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Books I read/finished reading in 2025 🧵
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Books I read/finished reading in 2025 🧵
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Books I read/finished reading in 2025 🧵
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Books I read/finished reading in 2025 🧵
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
This is a yearly ritual. I shall be adding to the thread every now and then. May you happily stumble upon something worth your time:
#booksky
Given our times, self-help lit can be a false guardrail against an existential nihilism. But there is a role for individual and collective responsibility to free oneself and others.
Great piece by Erik Baker in the Drift magazine that connects some important dots.
Great piece by Erik Baker in the Drift magazine that connects some important dots.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Given our times, self-help lit can be a false guardrail against an existential nihilism. But there is a role for individual and collective responsibility to free oneself and others.
Great piece by Erik Baker in the Drift magazine that connects some important dots.
Great piece by Erik Baker in the Drift magazine that connects some important dots.
Cioran.
“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and our memory.”
…and also of our knowledge (and ignorance).
“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and our memory.”
…and also of our knowledge (and ignorance).
October 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Cioran.
“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and our memory.”
…and also of our knowledge (and ignorance).
“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and our memory.”
…and also of our knowledge (and ignorance).
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Today, harmful stories are shaping the global conversation, constraining policy ambition.
Our new report identifies how to overcome these stories.
PUBLIG GOOD: Building a winning narrative to bring the world together
By Jonathan Glennie & Ben Phillips
globalcooperation.institute/public-good-...
Our new report identifies how to overcome these stories.
PUBLIG GOOD: Building a winning narrative to bring the world together
By Jonathan Glennie & Ben Phillips
globalcooperation.institute/public-good-...
Public Good Narrative Project - Global Cooperation Institute
September 2025
globalcooperation.institute
September 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today, harmful stories are shaping the global conversation, constraining policy ambition.
Our new report identifies how to overcome these stories.
PUBLIG GOOD: Building a winning narrative to bring the world together
By Jonathan Glennie & Ben Phillips
globalcooperation.institute/public-good-...
Our new report identifies how to overcome these stories.
PUBLIG GOOD: Building a winning narrative to bring the world together
By Jonathan Glennie & Ben Phillips
globalcooperation.institute/public-good-...
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📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
World Inequality Conference 2026 - World Inequality Lab
The World Inequality Lab is organizing the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-5, 2026.
inequalitylab.world
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
I turn to Thich Nhat Hanh every now and then for some grounding in the present. I reflected on ‘Being Peace’, and what it means to nurture peace in turbulent times.
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Jophin Mathai's review of Being Peace (Being Peace, #1)
5/5: Life is tough and overwhelming. There is the proximity of personal (and collective) hardships. There is suffering that cuts across space and time, live-streamed into omnipresent screens—genocide...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I turn to Thich Nhat Hanh every now and then for some grounding in the present. I reflected on ‘Being Peace’, and what it means to nurture peace in turbulent times.
#books
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#books
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
“The key thing is this is not about all of humanity creating these threats. It is not about human nature. It is about small groups who bring out the worst in us, competing for profit and power and covering all [the risks] up.”
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“The key thing is this is not about all of humanity creating these threats. It is not about human nature. It is about small groups who bring out the worst in us, competing for profit and power and covering all [the risks] up.”
There are few sport formats that have the ability to emulate theatre like Test cricket. And in the best of emulations, it becomes an incredible art form.
Excellent piece by Jarrod Kimber that captures the drama.
www.goodareas.co/p/56-minutes...
Excellent piece by Jarrod Kimber that captures the drama.
www.goodareas.co/p/56-minutes...
56 minutes of Test cricket
The crowd is still - as if every single person here knows they’ve just seen the best hour (56 minutes) of cricket they’ll ever see.
www.goodareas.co
August 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
There are few sport formats that have the ability to emulate theatre like Test cricket. And in the best of emulations, it becomes an incredible art form.
Excellent piece by Jarrod Kimber that captures the drama.
www.goodareas.co/p/56-minutes...
Excellent piece by Jarrod Kimber that captures the drama.
www.goodareas.co/p/56-minutes...
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This is why we must be anti-carceral in our politics
"I knew, my family knew, and even the police knew that I was innocent. I knew my time in jail would be prolonged. But I was sure I would get released," says one of the men, acquitted after spending 19 years in prison.
scroll.in/article/1084...
Tabassum Barnagarwala reports
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Tabassum Barnagarwala reports
July 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is why we must be anti-carceral in our politics
This article is hilarious: an analysis of the 'Gen Z' stare at the workplace. And advice on how to be, of course.
(weird, happy AI-generated image as cover)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/ca...
(weird, happy AI-generated image as cover)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/ca...
‘Gen Z stare’ is fuelling manager stress, making them walk out: Here’s what the young workforce needs to know - Times of India
Careers News: A silent stare from Gen Z is triggering rising tension and burnout among managers, many of whom are reconsidering their roles. Seen by some as passive
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This article is hilarious: an analysis of the 'Gen Z' stare at the workplace. And advice on how to be, of course.
(weird, happy AI-generated image as cover)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/ca...
(weird, happy AI-generated image as cover)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/ca...
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July 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“…is it not the supreme and most insidious exercise of power to prevent people, to whatever degree, from having grievances by shaping their perceptions, cognitions and preferences in such a way…
July 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“…is it not the supreme and most insidious exercise of power to prevent people, to whatever degree, from having grievances by shaping their perceptions, cognitions and preferences in such a way…
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A global minimum tax on the ultrarich could change planetary politics. Right now South Africa, Chile, France, and Spain are pushing for it
France could raise around €20 billion per year from this tax
That’s half of the €40B the government is looking for this year
Globally? $302–377 billion could be raised—every year
From the ultra-rich. Who currently pay very little.
gabriel-zucman.eu/files/report...
That’s half of the €40B the government is looking for this year
Globally? $302–377 billion could be raised—every year
From the ultra-rich. Who currently pay very little.
gabriel-zucman.eu/files/report...
July 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A global minimum tax on the ultrarich could change planetary politics. Right now South Africa, Chile, France, and Spain are pushing for it
The global inequality and the concentration of power makes elite ignorance exceedingly brutal.
If there is one thing I wish generally for elites, it is epistemic humility—that privilege does not grant omniscience.
If there is one thing I wish generally for elites, it is epistemic humility—that privilege does not grant omniscience.
Musk, who think he’s humanity’s savior, will likely be remembered as the man who caused the deaths of 15 million people www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The global inequality and the concentration of power makes elite ignorance exceedingly brutal.
If there is one thing I wish generally for elites, it is epistemic humility—that privilege does not grant omniscience.
If there is one thing I wish generally for elites, it is epistemic humility—that privilege does not grant omniscience.
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I frequently take comfort in the fact that the Universe is vast and beautiful and entirely unaffected by petty human foolishness
June 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I frequently take comfort in the fact that the Universe is vast and beautiful and entirely unaffected by petty human foolishness
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Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
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If extreme weather had a capital, it would be Mumbai. We’ve got it all: floods, sea-level rise, cyclones, heat islands.
Mumbaikars are sick of being called resilient and being caught off-guard.
But forecasting the monsoon is fraught, more so with climate change. My dispatch for @carbonbrief.org👇🏽
Mumbaikars are sick of being called resilient and being caught off-guard.
But forecasting the monsoon is fraught, more so with climate change. My dispatch for @carbonbrief.org👇🏽
💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief visits Mumbai’s official monsoon monitoring centre and “war room” to examine how the city is responding to its earliest downpour on record.
Read spotlight here: buff.ly/MXgAwGC
Read spotlight here: buff.ly/MXgAwGC
June 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If extreme weather had a capital, it would be Mumbai. We’ve got it all: floods, sea-level rise, cyclones, heat islands.
Mumbaikars are sick of being called resilient and being caught off-guard.
But forecasting the monsoon is fraught, more so with climate change. My dispatch for @carbonbrief.org👇🏽
Mumbaikars are sick of being called resilient and being caught off-guard.
But forecasting the monsoon is fraught, more so with climate change. My dispatch for @carbonbrief.org👇🏽
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"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
“Cynthia Kitchens, a former quality manager who worked at the Charleston plant between 2009 and 2016” had listed 11 planes delivered between early 2012 and late 2013 “whose quality defects most kept her awake at night. Six of them went to Air India…”
Wild story: a quality manager who warned about the shoddy construction of Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes was particularly concerned about the ones sent to Air India in 2014. That's when the Air India jet that crashed today was sent.
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One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed
Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.
prospect.org
June 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“Cynthia Kitchens, a former quality manager who worked at the Charleston plant between 2009 and 2016” had listed 11 planes delivered between early 2012 and late 2013 “whose quality defects most kept her awake at night. Six of them went to Air India…”
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A workspace for highly educated women forced to leave their trained careers is emerging—they avoid demanding full‑time roles of 70+ weekly hrs & opt for contract or home‑based work while balancing flexible schedules with care-giving.
www.theindiaforum.in/society/how-...
www.theindiaforum.in/society/how-...
How Some Highly Educated Middle-Class Women Manage to Navigate Care and Work
A workspace for highly educated women forced to leave their trained careers is emerging—they avoid demanding full‑time roles of 70 plus weekly hours, and opt for contract or home‑based work while bala...
www.theindiaforum.in
June 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A workspace for highly educated women forced to leave their trained careers is emerging—they avoid demanding full‑time roles of 70+ weekly hrs & opt for contract or home‑based work while balancing flexible schedules with care-giving.
www.theindiaforum.in/society/how-...
www.theindiaforum.in/society/how-...
“Our demand is clear: we call for full recognition as employees, with all corresponding rights. Platform companies must be held accountable as principal employers and can no longer be allowed to hide behind a legal framework that has destabilized labor markets across the globe.”
Gig Workers United: Reimagining Global Justice in the Era of AI | TechPolicy.Press
Platform workers from 28 countries meet in Geneva to ensure their voices are heard as the ILO discusses global labor standards for gig work.
techpolicy.press
June 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Our demand is clear: we call for full recognition as employees, with all corresponding rights. Platform companies must be held accountable as principal employers and can no longer be allowed to hide behind a legal framework that has destabilized labor markets across the globe.”
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The story of Sikh charities delivering relief in nearly every disaster around the world deserves greater recognition.
Sikh food charity serves up free hot meals for flood-hit Australians reut.rs/3Z1b18E
Sikh food charity serves up free hot meals for flood-hit Australians
Farmer Mark Kappa was enjoying his first hot drink in three days as he waited patiently for his meal in front of a food truck run by a Sikh charity, after incessant rain in Australia's southeast cut off towns and forced thousands to evacuate their homes.
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May 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The story of Sikh charities delivering relief in nearly every disaster around the world deserves greater recognition.