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Apr 15

Waymo or Wayno: Do taxis need a human touch?

Conversations about AI these days usually follow the same predictable trajectory — we are all being replaced and Arnold Schwarzenegger…

Waymo or Wayno: Do taxis need a human touch?

Saamir Ansari

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Aug 11, 2025

Film Review: F1 (2025)

Film Review: F1 (2025)

Saamir Ansari

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Jul 14, 2024

The perils of filtered love

How dating apps have changed the landscape of love

The perils of filtered love

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Lessons from History

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Saamir Ansari

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Jun 1, 2024

The Brutal History of the Treadmill

Running on Empty — how treadmills were used as punishment

The Brutal History of the Treadmill

Saamir Ansari

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May 20, 2024

Please say hello to me

Loneliness — the silent killer

Please say hello to me

Saamir Ansari

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Nov 1, 2023

Films — an Intermission from Life

The zeitgeist of our times is indisputably one fuelled by instant gratification, and as attention spans decrease the ability to hold one’s…

Films — an Intermission from Life

Saamir Ansari

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Feb 12, 2023

Covid — remembering to forget

How collective forgetting has removed Covid from public discourse

Covid — remembering to forget

Saamir Ansari

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May 11, 2022

Primed for Inequality

How Amazon continues to profit from injustice

Primed for Inequality

Saamir Ansari

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May 10, 2022

Into the Jaws of Capitalism

How Spielberg’s masterpiece can be interpreted as a critique of American Capitalism

Into the Jaws of Capitalism

Saamir Ansari

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Oct 2, 2021

The hypocrisy of ‘good immigrants’

How the narrative on immigration dehumanizes people into economic commodities and champions success above humanity

The hypocrisy of ‘good immigrants’

Saamir Ansari

Saamir Ansari

Articles on history, sociology and philosophy and films. Also on Substack: https://www.substack.com/@saamiransari

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