Explored an interesting episode of the Puliyabaazi Podcast today:

Are Drones Rewriting the Rules of Warfare?
Featuring Anushka Saxena

🔗 Episode: https://www.puliyabaazi.in/p/are-drones-rewriting-the-rules-of
🎧 Audio: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192101968/b59546c70ccebb9d58816bcdd1d512e3.mp3

Anushka Saxena brings a sharp, articulate lens to the evolving role of drones in modern warfare—covering strategy, asymmetry, and how relatively low-cost systems are shifting traditional power equations.

Clear articulation of facts and ideas, genuinely thought-provoking.

TIL: A fully loaded Toyota Innova weighs ~2.5 tons.

#Puliyabaazi #Drones #ModernWarfare #MilitaryTechnology #Geopolitics #DefenseAnalysis #EmergingTech #PodcastNotes

“What if someone disrespected you?”

“I’m gonna flip that back. What have you done that makes they think they can do that to you.” #EvyPoumpouras

Woah!

#podcastnotes #expressmyself

People like, I need people to like me. That is a trek for disaster.

Because now you're focused on not what your goal is.

If my goal is to do a deal with you, then I'm going to focus on how to get this deal done.

If my goal is to get you to like me, it’s more complex and confusing,and it's going to mess me up in trying to figure that out.

#expressmyself #podcastnotes

Everyone loves to talk about themselves.

Keep this in mind during interviews and Small talks.

#expressmyself #podcastnotes

A quote from Nelson Mandela before he was elected President of South Africa: (paraphrased) "If a man changes his principles depending on who he is dealing with, that man is not fit to lead a country." Hear! Hear!
https://novaramedia.com/2024/01/10/mps-vote-to-protect-israel-we-speak-to-bds-founder/

#podcastnotes #NovaraMedia

"We either succeed as a movement or fail as an organisation" - Areeba Hamid, Co-director of Greenpeace.

Referring to the solar energy soon to surpass fossil fuels as our main energy source - in three years she says, "Solutions are here. Why are we still pursuing the problem?"

She also quotes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "Hope is something we create by our actions."

#PodcastNotes #Compass #ItsBloodyComplicated #AreebaHamid
I loved this episode of It's Bloody Complicated.

https://www.compassonline.org.uk/podcast/upcoming/its-bloody-complicated-in-conversation-with-areeba-hamid-co-director-of-greenpeace-uk/

"I yelled freeze at a stranger's toddler running into the rode. I was too far away to grab him. He froze and a car whizzed by that I'm sure would have killed thim.

"I just learned the technique of yelling freeze in a danger situation. Kids filter more frequent words."

#Podcast #Podcastnotes #Happier #HappierPodcast - Ep. 403: Save Someone’s Life, Preserve Friendships, Try Packing Cubes, and Does It Matter If You’re Late? https://player.fm/1BTPQhQ