<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Dissent Assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are a counterculture investment and literary collective. If you dissent from the majority, and can exercise discretion, come find us.]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/journal</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 12:18:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://portal.dissent.one/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When Headlines Become Weapons: What Every Indian Must Know About Defamation Before It Strikes You ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction — It Could Happen to You  You wake up one morning to find your name splashed across national news portals. "Arrested." "Kingpin of a fraud ring." "Multi-crore racket busted." Your phone is ringing — investors, bankers, clients, family — all wanting answers. The only problem? None of it is true.  This is not a hypothetical scenario. It has happened — recently, right here in India — to listed conglomerates, technology start-ups, seasoned professionals, and ordinary citizens whose...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/when-headlines-become-weapons-what-every-indian-must-know-about-defamation-before-it-strikes-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d301a1072d140cb95a3505</guid><category><![CDATA[Vox Juris]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:48:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ronika Tater</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When IP Meets Business Disputes: What Every Professional Should Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Imagine you have spent the better part of a decade building a brand that customers recognise and trust. Then one morning, someone forwards you a link to a competitor's website. The logo is different, but the name is almost identical. The products look like near-copies of yours. The pricing is slightly lower. What do you do? This scenario is more common than most business owners would like to think. Intellectual property (“ IP ”) disputes are among the most commercially disruptive...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/when-ip-meets-business-disputes-what-every-professional-should-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c937c2f8d5a811544e1003</guid><category><![CDATA[Vox Juris]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:39:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Aninthi R</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Idea Is Your Asset: A Business Guide to Intellectual Property Rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Every business, regardless of its size or industry, creates something valuable that goes beyond its physical surroundings. A recognizable brand name, a distinctive product design, a software tool built in-house, a confidential process that saves time and money. All of these are forms of intellectual property. And yet, a surprising number of business owners invest years developing these very assets without ever formally protecting them. This guide is written for every professional...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/your-idea-is-your-asset-a-business-guide-to-intellectual-property-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c67789495b6130434e4fbf</guid><category><![CDATA[Vox Juris]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:36:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Aninthi R</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kant's Philosophy of Thought and Order]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Sapere aude.” Dare to know. With these two words, Immanuel Kant summarized what he believed was the central task of human life: the courage to use one’s own reason. Kant was an eighteenth-century German philosopher living in the age of the Enlightenment, a period obsessed with progress, science, and certainty. Yet Kant was skeptical of easy confidence. He did not believe that instinct, tradition, or authority alone could guide us safely through the complexity of the world. For him, thinking...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/kant-and-the-discipline-of-thinking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695e3f7b28f04d92c44383d8</guid><category><![CDATA[Lumen]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:22:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_574479c18b624eb48590e327dd35412a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plato and the Discipline of Thinking Clearly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plato is often introduced as a philosopher from ancient Greece, a student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle. That description is accurate, but insufficient. It tells us where he fits in history, not why he still matters. Plato’s real contribution is not a set of doctrines but a way of thinking - one that insists on slowing down, examining assumptions, and distinguishing what merely appears convincing from what is actually true. He wrote at a time of political instability, public...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/plato-and-the-discipline-of-thinking-clearly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694e5543dd47cad8b9f3b9df</guid><category><![CDATA[Lumen]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:51:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_9c9870cd3c6d4b449e5d73e4dd8fb230~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grapes of Perspective ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beyond a gentle hill, a vineyard stretched quietly across the sunlit valley. The vines were laden with clusters of deep purple grapes, their skins shining in the afternoon light. Travelers spoke of their sweetness, as if sharing a well-kept secret, yet the vineyard itself made no claim; it simply stood, steady and abundant. A fox arrived, drawn by curiosity and hunger. He paused beneath the vines, taking in the clusters above. They were tempting, yet still just out of reach. He leapt once –...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/the-grapes-of-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6933ff5a21dbaf583f88886f</guid><category><![CDATA[Fables]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:05:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_a196e70fecf34827bba01f49714c18bf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Avdhi Loonawat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stonecutter Principle: How Perspective Shapes Progress]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s an old story about a traveler who encounters three stonecutters working on the same site. When he asks each of them what they’re doing, the answers differ sharply. One says he is cutting stone. Another says he is building a wall. The third, speaking with quiet clarity, says he is building a cathedral. The work is identical, but the interpretation is entirely different, and that difference shapes how each man approaches the task, day after day. This observation is at the heart of the...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/the-stonecutter-principle-how-perspective-shapes-progress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6929a782a20c8b33b2644395</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:01:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_025257bc1e0e415fb0c6395c3ef88266~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_852,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ant and the Grasshopper/A season missed is an opportunity lost]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a meadow brushed with sunlight and steady winds, two creatures lived side by side, each shaping its days according to its own reading of the world. The ant moved with quiet purpose, carrying grain after grain back to a small chamber hidden beneath the earth. Its work was repetitive and unremarkable to anyone watching - small steps, slow progress, nothing that demanded attention. Yet the ant continued, patient with the process, aware in some instinctive way that seasons do not stay still....]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper-a-season-missed-is-an-opportunity-lost</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6925b9e256b819e3fb9864b6</guid><category><![CDATA[Fables]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:19:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_574a4c98240e4772adb4ea123f9c8d4e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Avdhi Loonawat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Decides First? The Real Battle Before Arbitration Begins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction In our previous guide, “The Right Kind of Arbitration Clause,” we explored how a well-drafted clause guided by the 5W framework (Who, What, Where, When, Why) becomes the first line of defence in a commercial contract. But drafting is only the beginning. When a dispute arises, the key question is: who has the authority to decide which forum (place or authority) will resolve the dispute? An arbitral tribunal or court? In other words, does the dispute go to arbitration (be resolved...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/who-decides-first-the-real-battle-before-arbitration-begins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6921679a4380ae0a508e8e0b</guid><category><![CDATA[Vox Juris]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 23:43:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ronika Tater</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Right Kind of Arbitration Clause: A Practical Guide for Every Business Professional]]></title><description><![CDATA[How One Paragraph Can Decide the Fate of Your Dispute Why This Question Matters Imagine signing a contract today that turns into a disagreement tomorrow. You expect a fast solution, but the first fight is not about who is right or wrong. It is about where the dispute should be resolved and how the process should begin. That one short sentence near the end of your contract that says, “ Any disputes shall be settled by arbitration ,” decides far more than you think: Who will hear your case?...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/the-right-kind-of-arbitration-clause-a-practical-guide-for-every-business-professional</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691b2ea14885233fabd45e77</guid><category><![CDATA[Vox Juris]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:08:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Ronika Tater</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanlon’s Razor: Malice or Incompetence? Misattributions in Organizational Dynamics]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Flight Path Misread It was 1943, deep in the Allied air campaign over the Mediterranean. The sky above southern Italy was a patchwork of clouds and smoke, a fragile ceiling over a continent still split between advancing Allied forces and retreating Axis lines. A squadron of Allied bombers climbed through the haze on a mission meant to weaken German supply routes feeding the Gustav Line - the kind of sortie that could tilt an entire campaign by inches. As the formation tightened into attack...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/hanlon-s-razor-malice-or-incompetence-misattributions-in-organizational-dynamics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69185dcc1f276a0fa61f6fa1</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:45:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_2321c97a18024567b2de5e281d5cec1a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occam’s Razor: Simplicity as a Signal of Complexity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Farmer’s Fence A rancher spent three weeks building a fence to keep his cows from wandering off. He measured every post, reinforced every joint, even added motion sensors to detect movement. But the cows still escaped - not all at once, just one at a time, as if mocking his effort. Finally, in frustration, he called his neighbour- an old farmer known for fixing things nobody else could. The old man arrived with a coil of rope, a hammer, and a quiet smile. He watched the herd for a while,...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/occam-s-razor-simplicity-as-a-signal-of-complexity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69147e13d1ce4ba0c272d700</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:37:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_84447b2812794df1be9e1a3c432505a1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metcalfe’s Law: Network Effects and Their Dark Twins - Fragility and Lock-In]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Connection is strength; until it becomes dependency.” A spider’s web is a perfect design. Every strand supports another. Each new thread strengthens the whole. From a distance, it looks fragile - but its geometry is what gives it power. Now imagine that the web stretched just a little too far. Add more threads, more weight, more dew in the morning air - and suddenly, what once looked intricate begins to sag. It doesn’t snap all at once; it weakens in silence. That’s the essence of Metcalfe’s...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/metcalfe-s-law-network-effects-and-their-dark-twins-fragility-and-lock-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6904c43af950c2400bad9d69</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:20:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_62c4c9478a79466e875f25a4e6154089~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moore’s Law: Tech Acceleration and the Myth of Endless Scaling]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” – B. F. Skinner Every highway has a limit. The first few minutes of driving feel like freedom - the rush, the clarity, the sense of movement. But keep pressing the accelerator long enough, and the hum of progress turns into strain. The faster you go, the more sensitive the steering becomes, the harder it is to brake, the smaller your margin for error. That’s Moore’s Law in metaphor. In 1965, Gordon Moore predicted that...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/moore-s-law-tech-acceleration-and-the-myth-of-endless-scaling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6901dc4215073ecb94326e8e</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:24:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_92c5021e9407466d9079162e3f3ab1db~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodhart’s Law: When measures become goals, they lose their ability to measure.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” – William Bruce Cameron A compass is a simple, reliable tool. It points north, guides direction, and keeps wanderers from drifting aimlessly. But imagine if a traveler became so fixated on keeping the compass needle perfectly still that they forgot to look at the terrain. They’d spend their time correcting the instrument instead of moving forward. That’s Goodhart’s Law in a nutshell: “When a measure...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/goodhart-s-law-when-measures-become-goals-they-lose-their-ability-to-measure</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f7859107add6b20834291b</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:18:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_b92a7e0ad7fb482b932d97f0b3330c3e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parkinson’s Law: Why Start-ups Overbuild and How to Stay Lean as You Grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Increasing the size of the organization does not necessarily increase its efficiency; in fact, it may increase its inefficiency.”  - C. Northcote Parkinson Imagine a sleek sailboat setting out to sea. At first, it’s light, nimble, and cuts through the water with purpose. But as the voyage continues, the crew keeps adding supplies - more ropes, more crates, more equipment “just in case.” Slowly, the boat becomes heavy. The sails still billow, but progress slows. The irony? Everything added...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/parkinson-s-law-why-start-ups-overbuild-and-how-to-stay-lean-as-you-grow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f01620f532892572a785b8</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_27bf81149d80493b93fd5112ba262b41~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Luxury Joined Low-Cost: The Kingfisher–Deccan Merger That Failed to Fly]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happens when champagne meets a bus ride in the sky? In 2007, Kingfisher Airlines tried to answer that question by buying Air Deccan....]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/when-luxury-joined-low-cost-the-kingfisher-deccan-merger-that-failed-to-fly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e646fe5410b45ad9ab8c39</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:30:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_82be98d316ab42c2b339a1fae97dd1fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ABHSHEK GOWDA N</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murphy’s Law: Entropy in Systems, Start-ups, and Supply Chains]]></title><description><![CDATA[“In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”  - Dwight D. Eisenhower Murphy’s...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/murphy-s-law-entropy-in-systems-start-ups-and-supply-chains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e0f71b14943fa91114b56e</guid><category><![CDATA[Fractals]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:50:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_ee6c18fd72a946488a43704323b1814a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dissect.ai | From Days to Minutes: How AI is Transforming Data Analysis for Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction: The Last Mile Problem in Data Science Imagine walking into a library with millions of books, yet no librarian to guide you....]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/dissect-ai-from-days-to-minutes-how-ai-is-transforming-data-analysis-for-businesses</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dc0bf516540f55d5165fc2</guid><category><![CDATA[Case studies]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:52:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_a5435d3403884219be4c52a9a3558985~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Potter’s Kiln/ Patience Forges Resilience]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a village where craftsmanship was treasured, a potter set about preparing two batches of clay vessels. Both looked identical at the...]]></description><link>https://portal.dissent.one/post/the-potter-s-kiln--patience-forges-resilience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68da4a8bcb09911e23704cf6</guid><category><![CDATA[Fables]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:22:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7265f0_f208057cabae4c54b2c57850b63d8b16~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Moksha Sharma</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>