The Sham Sharma Show has the video Debunking The Aryan Invasion Myth & Discovering Scientific Achievements of Indians: Raj Vedam.

Raj Vedam is an Electrical Engineer by training, and enjoys a range of intellectual pursuits. He is an amateur astronomer with an interest in the history of astronomy. Raj is a history aficionado and reads voraciously on a range on historical topics, with special interest in ancient prehistory, and the spread of knowledge, arts, culture and philosophies across cultures. He is a founder-member of Indian History Awareness and Research, and takes a keen interest in the narratives of civilizations, and the application of scientific methods in the validation of historical narratives.

I speak to him about the various empirical proofs debunking the Aryan Invasion Myth and also about the intellectual achievements of ancient Indians, and how India can reclaim that scientific and learning temper again.

Just to brag a little, I worked with Raj when we were both in Oregon. Of course, I worked with him on the electrical engineering side of his interests. We commuted to work together for a while, so I had a chance to talk to him quite a bit on his non-work related interests. I learned a lot from him, and I hope I can say he learned a thing or two from me.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb has the article What do I mean by Skin in the Game? My Own Version.

Skin in the game –as a filter –is the central pillar for the organic functioning of systems, whether humans or natural. Unless consequential decisions are taken by people who pay for the consequences, the world would vulnerable to total systemic collapse. And if you wonder why there is a current riot against a certain class of self-congratulatory “experts”, skin the game will provide a clear answer: the public has viscerally detected that some “educated” but cosmetic experts have no skin in the game and will never learn from their mistakes, whether individually or, more dangerously, collectively.

From his comments on his home page it is not clear to me if “Skin In The Game” is, or is not the title of a book that he has written.

The book was not submitted to any reviewer. There was no U.S. book tour, no promotion, no advance copies, just a single lecture in NYC. Yet it mysteriously opened at #2 on the NYT bestsellers list.

Maybe this is explained in the article Putting Skin in the Game into the Reviewers of Skin in the Game.

(Skin in the Game was embargoed (meaning no copy was sent to reviewers), as the book explains the agency problem of reviewers. Three UK journos got hold of it and hurriedly wrote revenge reviews, perhaps too hurriedly. This note exposing their errors of reading comprehension made them accountable, and led to no further journalist reviewing the book: only end users and specialists. Note that, something I wasn’t seeking, the book still made the top of the bestseller list in both countries, meaning neither nasty attacks (UK) nor silence (US) seems to affect it).