Zakah in a Complex World

In a Complex World

third world intellectuals in v. s. naipaul’s fiction: the mimic men, a bend in the river, magic seeds

this thesis attempts to study the representations of the third-world intellectuals in three fictional works by the british-educated trinidadian nobel-winner v. s. naipaul: the mimic men, a bend in the river, and magic seeds. the first one recounts the story of ralph singh’s sense of alienation, his experiences as a colonial politician, and his struggle to give order to his disorderly world thro...

A Complex World

ING A COMPLEX WORLD Nikhil Mishra clarifies how to simulate complex situations for training in critical thinking and decision making. How do you train a trader to take cognizance of fluctuations in markets, changes in currencies and discern geo-political context before deciding to buy or sell? How can a sales professional be made aware of the consequences on sales performance, of factors such a...

the tragedy of modern man in arthur millers world

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...

EDM in a Complex and Changing World

We've started to answer the questions of what we can model through EDM, and we're getting better and better at modeling each year. We publish papers that present solid numbers under reasonably stringent cross-validation, and we find that our models don't just agree with training labels, but can predict future performance and engagement as well. We're making progress as a field in figuring out h...