Mastodawn

After reviewing January 2026’s (and all of 2025, 2024, 2023, …) performance I have decided to retire the phrase “happy new year” for good.

Going to say “Meet new year, worse than old year” from next year because we already know.

Prateek Waghre Jan 22

Good times for big countries with poor records on rights domestically.

Prateek Waghre Nov 21

Caught in an endless loop of feeling i don’t have enough time to do the things I want/have/need to do, concluding the answer lies in waking up at 5 AM, failing to do that and then feeling like i don’t have enough time to do the things…

Prateek Waghre Nov 8

Never has been clear to me why we're any more deferential to politicians/bureaucrats (irrespective of perceived importance/seniority) than we would be to a neighbour (with whom there are no conflicts).

Prateek Waghre Nov 5

Curious to see how our public policy circles respond to INC’s voter fraud allegations in the coming days. Like if we aren’t able to ask for institutional accountability unequivocally at this stage (already years too late) why are we even here (claiming to be) doing whatever it is we’re doing.

Prateek Waghre Oct 20

Should have been called the summer i turned pretty melancholic, because what is this emotional rollercoaster.

Prateek Waghre Oct 19

It seems amazing and confounding to me that we’re collectively and willingly compounding the inscrutability of information retrieval, distribution and consumption mechanisms with more inscrutability of information generation mechanisms.

Prateek Waghre Oct 17

It is really not clear to me what GoI has done to earn this much trust on the question of AI governance. What explains this?

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/10/15/trust-in-own-country-to-regulate-use-of-ai/

Prateek Waghre Oct 15

I think this is extensible to other subjects and regions, and has so many implications for framing and public discourse.

https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from

Prateek Waghre Sep 30, 2025

Really good conversation between
Alan Rozenshtein, Jess Miers and @Noupside.

Esp. 40mins onwards where they really nerd out on the broader question of liability of generative ai speech. Flagging that I am a bit biased here, since I lean towards the "publisher" framing. I am (potentially) oversimplifying here, so listen to the whole conversation.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scaling-laws--ai-and-young-minds--navigating-mental-health-risks-with-renee-diresta-and-jess-miers

Scaling Laws: AI and Young Minds: Navigating Mental Health Risks with Renee DiResta and Jess Miers

Does generative AI systems pose distinct risks to children?

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