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The crime of the gig economy (Deeper #30)
Startups are founded with the hopes of creating change in their environment. But let’s be real here: it takes a lot of privilege to be able to start an endeavour that may not completely cover living costs, at least in the beginning. When I hear startup founders say of prospective employees, “If they’re focused on […]
Does femtech have a place in Southeast Asia? (Deeper #29)
Source In honor of International Women’s Month, this edition is dedicated to half of the world’s population—the alleged better half. Just (half) kidding. Jokes aside, being a woman is hard. You get cramps, you go through regular hormonal changes, and you’re the only human subset that can perpetuate the species. All of these things simultaneously […]
Burnout, desperation, and the human propensity for hope (Deeper #28)
This edition of Deeper covers a topic that’s been on my mind for a while now: burnout. It’s been a year since the first cases of the Covid-19 pandemic were announced in Indonesia—and most countries across Southeast Asia have experienced their own “pandemic anniversaries”. March has become a dreaded month for many. Just a week […]
How Covid-19 has shaped the startup tech landscape thus far (Deeper #26)
Is it February already? Suffice to say the last year has felt like both a blur and a slow crawl. It’s crazy to think how this time last year was a completely different time in our lives—a sort of twilight zone where people could hug and dine and not wear masks. In a matter of […]
The state of artificial intelligence in Southeast Asia (Deeper #25)
Without further ado, let’s dive in. Hey there, it’s Rachel here! It’s kinda ironic that I got inspired to write this edition of Deeper after reading an article about GPT-3, a robot that can write articles that look as though they’re written by a human. Yes—it wrote that article. How I wish it could […]