Rahul Matthan

I used my weekly column to do a mini-review of @cdixon.eth's new book. And pass on some words of advice to the Indian government. https://paragraph.xyz/@exmachina/casino-or-computer

Does the State still have a monopoly over violence? Or has it diluted some of that power in favour of private companies? My latest Ex Machina article - now available to read inline. https://paragraph.xyz/@exmachina/monopoly-over-dematerialised-violence

Steadily climbing up the charts …

Scallops done right

Now that @paragraph has frames you can read my latest Ex Machina newsletter inline. Most of my regular readers are on X - and they have no clue what they are all missing out on. https://paragraph.xyz/@exmachina/liars-dividend

My first @paragraph newsletter just got collected. This is super cool. @colin

Everyone's doing book lists. Here is mine: https://matthan.notion.site/matthan/A-Year-in-Books-2023-294d88edb3fd4c81beded1475389620d

In case anyone is looking for a year end book may I suggest this one. It’s about India’s digital public infrastructure and data governance. And I wrote it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199363932-the-third-way?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=HVN78ejlEB&rank=1

Effort involved in promoting a book > effort involved in writing it.

I've been asked so many times what my new book is about - that I thought it best to summarise the main thesis in a short article. This is what my latest Ex Machina article is about - though if you want the full picture you will need to read the book... https://paragraph.xyz/@exmachina/the-third-way

It’s publication date! My new book should be in stores everywhere by now. If you’ve preordered you should be getting your copy soon. There is nothing I like to see more than my book in the hands of readers - so please post a #bookselfie when you get your copy.

With publication date around the corner there are piles of books to be signed…

Questions have been raised about India's DPI achievements - whether they are really all they are cracked up to be. In my latest Ex Machina article I argue that, by and large, they are. https://paragraph.xyz/@exmachina/no-time-for-false-modesty

My latest book - The Third Way: India's Revolutionary Approach to Data Governance - explains how India's DPI offers a novel approach to data governance. Pre-orders are already open - in case you want to skip the queue ... https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/9353452635/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

Now that we've got the world's attention, countries are asking for our help building out their DPIs. When we do that we should not just give them the basic building blocks but complete DPI-powered solutions. My latest Ex Machina article. https://paragraph.xyz/@exmachina/dpi-solutions

I’ve waited for a Data Protection law in India for over a decade. Now that it is here there is work to be done. My latest Ex Machina article. https://pgrph.xyz/@exmachina/business-end-of-dpdp

It’s been a decade since I started working on a data protection law in India. There is every likelihood that it will be introduced in Parliament today or tomorrow. This will be huge for tech in India. https://paragraph.xyz/@exmachina/around-the-corner

In other news - I just submitted the final manuscript of my next book to the publisher.

Yes. Cycling on Apple Watch!

Rather pleased with this one.