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What is Regarder?
Hey everyone, I owe you an explanation—and honestly, a big thank you for your support as I've been quietly building something over these...
Nitesh Daryanani
3 days ago1 min read
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(Not) Waiting on the World to Change
It’s a quiet Friday evening, and John Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change just came on. There was a time I loved this song— really ...
Nitesh Daryanani
3 days ago2 min read
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Knowledge: The Fifth Dimension
They say we dwell in four dimensions— length, breadth, depth, and time. Yet sacred truths transcend mortal boundaries. What if there...
Nitesh Daryanani
May 191 min read
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Home Again: Finding Identity in India's Forgotten Ideals
Two weeks ago, I found myself seated at the Stanford India Conference, unsure why I had come. Billed as the largest gathering on the...
Nitesh Daryanani
May 76 min read
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Not the Actor, but the Light
Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." I used to love that line. Still do, in some...
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 292 min read
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AI Isn’t Waking Up — We’re Falling Asleep: The Mirage of AI Consciousness Research
In recent months, leading AI companies like Anthropic have begun openly speculating about machine consciousness. Some researchers now...
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 275 min read
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The Paradox of Parody: Hunky Jesus and the Search for Authentic Freedom
This Sunday, Dolores Park is hosting one of San Francisco's most iconic and provocative events: the Hunky Jesus contest. It's outrageous,...
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 204 min read
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Who Is the Consumer? A Quiet Betrayal in the Google Ad Tech Ruling
If advertisers are the consumers, what does that make us? A quiet betrayal in the Google ad tech ruling reveals how our attention became the product.
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 193 min read
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On the Evolution of Law and the Lawyer
"There is a time when silence is betrayal." - Martin Luther King Jr., Beyond Vietnam, 1967 In the long shadow of the Trump presidency, a...
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 107 min read
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What We Fail to Teach: On Netflix's Adolescence
A reflection on Netflix’s Adolescence, Nietzsche, and how schools teach pain when they fail to teach affirmation.
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 85 min read
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Art as Transformation: A Dialogue on Property, Power, and the Human Spirit
The café shimmered in the corner of Valencia Street like a mirage, suspended somewhere between morning fog and memory. I stepped into the...
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 53 min read
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The Religion of Progress
In an age saturated with data, innovation, and technological acceleration, it’s easy to believe that science has supplanted religion. We...
Nitesh Daryanani
Apr 212 min read
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A Theology of the Immigrant Heart
I grew up as an immigrant in my own country. After the Partition of India in 1947, my grandparents fled what became Pakistan and...
Nitesh Daryanani
Mar 284 min read
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Are We Smarter Than the Machines?
We blame AI for not thinking—but is it just mirroring us? A reflection on language, meaning, and the slow collapse of real engagement.
Nitesh Daryanani
Mar 264 min read
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How Netflix Is Schooling Us: The Streaming Syllabus
A core principle of regarder is attention as the fundamental fabric of reality. What we look at, what we linger with, quite literally...
Nitesh Daryanani
Mar 224 min read
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Reimagining Education: A Response to Gary (and George)
The other day at the park, my friend Gary—while tossing a ball for his dog George—pointed out something important I missed in my last...
Nitesh Daryanani
Mar 223 min read
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The End of the Department of Education: Disaster Or Opportunity?
The Trump administration is gutting the Department of Education. Mass layoffs, budget cuts, and talk of shutting it down entirely have...
Nitesh Daryanani
Mar 163 min read
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What Do I Know (And What Don't I Know)?
The phrase "you don't know what you don't know" -- YDKWYDK in Gen Z lingo -- has become increasingly prevalent in philosophical and...
Nitesh Daryanani
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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