Key Risk-AI becomes strategically important → govt. need AI → AI companies gain political leverage → regulation becomes harder → companies become even more powerful → governments become even more dependent.
An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company:
"What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opi…
A Bandra कोळी giving finishing touches to his boat 🚤 as Mumbai celebrates नारळी पौर्णिमा or the festival of रक्षाबंधन tomorrow 28th Aug. (sea fishing 🐟 restarts tomorrow)
