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Feb 8, 2026

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11 min read

Has the Korean Wave Peaked, or Is Asia Just Getting Started?

Why K-pop, Korean film, and streaming hits haven’t peaked—and how algorithms, not governments, now decide Asia’s global cultural power.

Peeyush Jain

Feb 4, 2026

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7 min read

China's Demographic Crisis and the Return to 400 Million

Advertising, AI Travel, American Wealth, and AI Borrowing

Peeyush Jain, +1

Feb 1, 2026

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11 min read

ChatGPT Is Getting Ads. That Tells You Everything You Need to Know.

OpenAI’s move to ads reveals the brutal economics of AI assistants—and why trust, not technology, is now the real battleground.

Peeyush Jain

Jan 28, 2026

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7 min read

The Strange Brain of the World's Greatest Solo Climber

Pressure, KFC Japan, Student Protest, and Modi

Peeyush Jain, +1

Jan 25, 2026

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11 min read

AI Is Entering Healthcare. India Will Feel the Impact First and Hardest.

As OpenAI and Anthropic push AI into medicine, India’s fragile healthcare system becomes the ultimate stress test—for accuracy, trust, and accountability.

Peeyush Jain

Jan 21, 2026

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8 min read

The Venezuelan Oil Narrative is PURE THEATRE

Defeat, AI Boom, Chinese Auto, and American R&D

Peeyush Jain, +1

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