Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in.
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Friend of the show and economist Nevin Hira joins us today to give us great insight into:
- the Indian Caste System - what is it and how it is configured
- India's ultra-competitive IIT tech schools, and how many people vie for admission to them
- How Silicon Valley has a microcosm of India, and how they bring the caste system with them
- The only true way to stop hunger in our world (it involves dumplings and potstickers)
Stay tuned for Part 2!
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