3-person babies & the need to rethink eugenics. Not about playing god

by Rashmee

Posted on January 31, 2015


Now that MPs are to vote on whether Britain should become the first country in …

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If it took the digital high road, life in Haiti would improve dramatically

by Rashmee

Posted on January 30, 2015


Least developed countries (LDCs) like Haiti (even more than India and Afghanistan) can potentially be …

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Close the digital divide by going straight through to mobile broadband

by Rashmee

Posted on January 29, 2015


How best to close the digital divide, especially if you’re a developing country with finite …

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The digital road is the only way towards faster, holistic development

by Rashmee

Posted on January 28, 2015


Bjørn Lomborg recommends the digital road out of poverty as for the developing world. Mr …

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Stray-and-stay husbands and wives feel like war survivors. Really

by Rashmee

Posted on January 27, 2015


A cheating spouse and the one who finds out – but stays – suffer in …

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Our notes to tomorrow’s world: the 10,000-year clock & Rosetta Disk

by Rashmee

Posted on January 26, 2015


It should be reassuring that there are a lot of very clever people considering a …

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We need our own Rosetta Stone to transmit our civilization to the future

by Rashmee

Posted on January 25, 2015


We need our own Rosetta Stone to transmit our civilization to those who come after …

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The Rosetta Stone was the time machine by which ancient Egypt reached us

by Rashmee

Posted on January 24, 2015


Walk like an Egyptian, just don’t do what they did about cultural preservation. Or what …

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Humankind must prepare for a possible cultural apocalypse. Here’s why

by Rashmee

Posted on January 23, 2015


How do you create a library labeled, ‘in case of apocalypse, read me’? It’s a …

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Anti-ISIL coalition must look to Cairo, not London

by Rashmee

Posted on January 22, 2015 / The National


The international coalition that’s battling to “degrade and destroy” ISIL meets in London today, but …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK