India, April 1 -- By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam

My friend Ganesh posted an AI-generated presentation about fast fashion killing the planet yesterday on Instagram. Ten slides of curated statistics and moral outrage. I browsed through it at lunch while he sat across from me wearing an expensive hoodie bought last month to replace the one he purchased three months before that. The irony was entirely lost on him. The half-eaten paneer tikka on his plate, destined for the bin, seemed equally indifferent to his passionate captions about food waste.

You know people like Ganesh. Maybe you are people like Ganesh. On some days, I am Ganesh. These are the friends who lecture you about your carbon footprint while their own lives look like a masterclass...