a few notes, published — more to come
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south asia & geopolitics
- 🌿rohingyamuslim ethnic minority from rakhine state in myanmar (formerly burma). predominantly sunni, speak rohingya (close to chittagonian bengali), historically pr…
- 🌳nepal’s remittance economynepal is the most remittance-dependent country in the world over 10M population. ~33% of gdp comes from nepalis working abroad and sending money home. this…
data & risk
- 🌳gdp as a geopolitical proxygdp — by either nominal or ppp measure (see nominal vs ppp gdp) — is a surprisingly bad proxy for geopolitical power. once internalized, a lot of "which co…
- 🌱linchpinthe small, load-bearing piece that holds a larger system together. small in size, disproportionate in importance. pull it and the system unwinds; find it a…
- 🌿nominal vs ppp gdptwo ways to compare economies across borders, with very different answers.
earth & deep time
sound & culture
from the shelf
Nothing in the garden matches that — yet.