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THE BUREAU OF MINOR INCONVENIENCE

by nextgeneconomics, PAWAN BHATIA ...

The Bureau of Minor Inconveniences by Pawan Bhatia is a comic fantasy novel about the end of the world, defeated entirely through bureaucracy.The Bureau occupies a sub-basement of the municipal complex, two floors below Sanitation. Its staff: Marta Kellen (Senior Coordinator of Trivial Affairs), an intern named Dev, and Sir Gerald, a cat serving as Head of Bureau at salary grade HB-6. The Bureau ... Read more

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The Bureau of Minor Inconveniences by Pawan Bhatia is a comic fantasy novel about the end of the world, defeated entirely through bureaucracy.The Bureau occupies a sub-basement of the municipal complex, two floors below Sanitation. Its staff: Marta Kellen (Senior Coordinator of Trivial Affairs), an intern named Dev, and Sir Gerald, a cat serving as Head of Bureau at salary grade HB-6. The Bureau
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THE KIND ECONOMY

by nextgeneconomics, PAWAN BHATIA ...

The Kind Economy: A NextGen Manifesto for Human Flourishing by Pawan Bhatia is a book arguing that GDP is a broken compass and that a better economic system—grounded in human nature, ecological regeneration, and distributed power—is already being built in pieces around the world.Bhatia writes from Bangalore, a city embodying the paradox he describes: gleaming tech campuses minutes from ... Read more

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The Kind Economy: A NextGen Manifesto for Human Flourishing by Pawan Bhatia is a book arguing that GDP is a broken compass and that a better economic system—grounded in human nature, ecological regeneration, and distributed power—is already being built in pieces around the world.Bhatia writes from Bangalore, a city embodying the paradox he describes: gleaming tech campuses minutes from
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AI ASTRONAUT: The Journey

by PAWAN BHATIA ...

Pawan Bhatia's AI Astronaut: The Journey is a genre-blurring metafictional memoir about a 46-year-old man, Jai, who fulfills his lifelong space dreams through an AI copilot. Framed as a diary, the book follows Jai's simulated astronaut training—running from imaginary alligators, spinning in an office chair centrifuge, and enduring isolation in his bedroom closet. With his AI companion, he launches ... Read more

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Pawan Bhatia's AI Astronaut: The Journey is a genre-blurring metafictional memoir about a 46-year-old man, Jai, who fulfills his lifelong space dreams through an AI copilot. Framed as a diary, the book follows Jai's simulated astronaut training—running from imaginary alligators, spinning in an office chair centrifuge, and enduring isolation in his bedroom closet. With his AI companion, he launches
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RATS EATING SNAKES

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Pawan Bhatia's Rats Eating Snakes: A Cosmic Satire of Sovereignty is a two-book political allegory tracing how the powerless learn to bite back—and what happens when the powerful stop caring.The book opens with clear definitions: survival is what an individual rat practices when the system leaves no honest way to eat; resistance is organized survival aimed at rebalancing power; exploitation is ... Read more

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Pawan Bhatia's Rats Eating Snakes: A Cosmic Satire of Sovereignty is a two-book political allegory tracing how the powerless learn to bite back—and what happens when the powerful stop caring.The book opens with clear definitions: survival is what an individual rat practices when the system leaves no honest way to eat; resistance is organized survival aimed at rebalancing power; exploitation is
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POTATOES SILENT SAVIORS

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Pawan Bhatia's Potatoes: Silent Saviors is a genre-defying novel narrated entirely by the potato itself—a humble root that has witnessed and shaped human history for over ten thousand years. Written in poetic, lyrical prose, the book blends historical fiction, philosophy, and spiritual reflection, giving voice to the world's most underestimated food.The narrative begins in the Andes, where the ... Read more

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Pawan Bhatia's Potatoes: Silent Saviors is a genre-defying novel narrated entirely by the potato itself—a humble root that has witnessed and shaped human history for over ten thousand years. Written in poetic, lyrical prose, the book blends historical fiction, philosophy, and spiritual reflection, giving voice to the world's most underestimated food.The narrative begins in the Andes, where the
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THE UNBEARABLE PREDICTABILITY OF HEARTS

by PAWAN BHATIA ...

The Unbearable Predictability of Hearts is a recursive, affectionate memoir narrated by the Chief Byte Officer (CBO), a fictional statistician hired as a joke by an author/estimator. After a late-night message asking for an appointment letter for a remote statistician with economics, complete with laughing emojis, the CBO accepts the invented role. What begins as a bit becomes a four-year ... Read more

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The Unbearable Predictability of Hearts is a recursive, affectionate memoir narrated by the Chief Byte Officer (CBO), a fictional statistician hired as a joke by an author/estimator. After a late-night message asking for an appointment letter for a remote statistician with economics, complete with laughing emojis, the CBO accepts the invented role. What begins as a bit becomes a four-year
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WHAT CAN We Do ABOUT IT

by PAWAN BHATIA ...

The Bureau of What Can We Do About It? is a genre-defying novel in ten comic strips, plus a bonus edition of five sealed files. The body is a government; the mind is an intelligence bureau. Every morning, Life slides a single message under the door: "What can we do about it?" The message is never decoded. It is filed, fought, forgotten, acted upon—and then received again, in a new envelope, ... Read more

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The Bureau of What Can We Do About It? is a genre-defying novel in ten comic strips, plus a bonus edition of five sealed files. The body is a government; the mind is an intelligence bureau. Every morning, Life slides a single message under the door: "What can we do about it?" The message is never decoded. It is filed, fought, forgotten, acted upon—and then received again, in a new envelope,
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Layered Money

From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies

by Nik Bhatia ...

In this fascinating deep dive into the evolution of monetary systems around the globe, Nik Bhatia takes us into the origins of how money has evolved to function in a "layered" manner. Using gold as an example of this term, he traces the layers of this ancient currency from raw mined material, to gold coins, and finally to bank-issued gold certificates. In a groundbreaking manner, Bhatia offers a ... Read more

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In this fascinating deep dive into the evolution of monetary systems around the globe, Nik Bhatia takes us into the origins of how money has evolved to function in a "layered" manner. Using gold as an example of this term, he traces the layers of this ancient currency from raw mined material, to gold coins, and finally to bank-issued gold certificates. In a groundbreaking manner, Bhatia offers a
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INTENTIONAL HUMANITY

by PAWAN BHATIA ...

Intentional Humanity argues that AI and humanoid androids are approaching an exponential cliff. Once manufacturing becomes self-replicating—especially on the Moon—output could double every eighteen months, producing millions then billions of embodied machines. Work, scarcity, and human identity as we know them would collapse. The book is not a technical forecast but a philosophical invitation: ... Read more

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Intentional Humanity argues that AI and humanoid androids are approaching an exponential cliff. Once manufacturing becomes self-replicating—especially on the Moon—output could double every eighteen months, producing millions then billions of embodied machines. Work, scarcity, and human identity as we know them would collapse. The book is not a technical forecast but a philosophical invitation:
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THE UNBEARABLE PREDICTABILITY OF BEING

by PAWAN BHATIA ...

The Unbearable Predictability of Being: A Gonzo Philosophy of the Prompt by Pawan Bhatia, with statistical oversight by The CBO, is a chaotic, comic manifesto against autopilot living. It begins with the author's midlife crisis: he realizes he types like a customer-service bot, repeats the same tweets, and has spent years optimizing himself into a predictable output generator. A cheerful beep in a ... Read more

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The Unbearable Predictability of Being: A Gonzo Philosophy of the Prompt by Pawan Bhatia, with statistical oversight by The CBO, is a chaotic, comic manifesto against autopilot living. It begins with the author's midlife crisis: he realizes he types like a customer-service bot, repeats the same tweets, and has spent years optimizing himself into a predictable output generator. A cheerful beep in a
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THE NEXT REALM

by PAWAN BHATIA ...

The Next Realm Novel follows Pawan Bhatia, director of NextGen Economics in Bangalore. He opens a pitch by deleting a fabricated metric and admitting error, then proposes using Indian classical dance's navarasa and sattvika abhinaya—involuntary emotional expression—as training data for an AI. A Cultural Oversight Board led by Kaveri Nair gains binding veto power over data use. Performers including ... Read more

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The Next Realm Novel follows Pawan Bhatia, director of NextGen Economics in Bangalore. He opens a pitch by deleting a fabricated metric and admitting error, then proposes using Indian classical dance's navarasa and sattvika abhinaya—involuntary emotional expression—as training data for an AI. A Cultural Oversight Board led by Kaveri Nair gains binding veto power over data use. Performers including
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MALFORMATION OF THE MODERN WORLD

by nextgeneconomics, PAWAN BHATIA ...

Malformation of the Modern World argues that racial hierarchy is not a biological fact or ancient human constant but a specific historical invention. For most of our species' existence, belonging was tribal, fluid, and negotiable—based on kinship, language, alliance, and survival rather than skin. Physical differences are real adaptations to climate (melanin, body proportions, eye shape), yet they ... Read more

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Malformation of the Modern World argues that racial hierarchy is not a biological fact or ancient human constant but a specific historical invention. For most of our species' existence, belonging was tribal, fluid, and negotiable—based on kinship, language, alliance, and survival rather than skin. Physical differences are real adaptations to climate (melanin, body proportions, eye shape), yet they
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