https://gleanings.thefield.blog/categories/politics-culture/ en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:58:56 +0530 https://gleanings.thefield.blog/2026/04/28/brandolinis-law-states-the-amount/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:58:56 +0530 http://chaitanya.micro.blog/2026/04/28/brandolinis-law-states-the-amount/ <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini's_law">Brandolini&rsquo;s law</a> states &ldquo;the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.&rdquo;</p> https://gleanings.thefield.blog/2026/04/26/funders-need-to-ask-not/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:19:36 +0530 http://chaitanya.micro.blog/2026/04/26/funders-need-to-ask-not/ <p>&ldquo;Funders need to ask not just whether an investment does good but whether it changes the conditions under which good can be done at scale.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-horizons-framework-government-reform-jennifer-pahlka-9bmdc/">A Three Horizons Framework for Government Reform by Jennifer Pahlka </a></p> https://gleanings.thefield.blog/2026/04/25/one-of-the-signs-of/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:34:40 +0530 http://chaitanya.micro.blog/2026/04/25/one-of-the-signs-of/ <p>One of the <a href="https://mattlemay.beehiiv.com/p/fomonetization">signs of FOMOnetization</a>: Pushing a version of the future that just happens to align with the speaker’s material interests.</p> https://gleanings.thefield.blog/2026/04/24/last-year-i-learned-about/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:42:32 +0530 http://chaitanya.micro.blog/2026/04/24/last-year-i-learned-about/ <p>Last year I learned about broligarchy. In March I learned about TACO. This month I learned about Starmergeddon. What is next?</p>