armchair critic history
I’ve definitely missed out a couple of shows here and there, but here’s a list of what we’ve played! Apart f
random ramblings
I feel like I’ve had a lot on my mind lately, and I feel a need to pen them down, to summarize them, to synthesize them
Hacking The 7 Deadly Sins: Greed
(image courtesy of blackeri) Greed is the untempered, unenlightened pursuit of acquisition. “Avarice” is more of a
To live well, we must prepare for Death.
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” – Chuck Palahniuk A c
7 Lessons Smokers Can Teach Us About Getting Shit Done
Smokers do something that’s quite remarkable that nobody really talks about: they smoke a lot of cigarettes. A heavy smo
hospitality vs. media, + self-expression
It was my first time working a morning at Shangri-La, and I didn’t know what to expect. Cause I’d been up all day
Cowboys and Pit Crews- Why the medical industry needs more systemic thinking and execution
Atul Gawande delivered this year’s commencement address at Harvard Medical School. All emphasis is mine. In his book
questions, 2010
Are you physically fit? Healthy? Are your eyes, teeth, heart, back, knees, ears in good shape? How would it feel if you lost t
The Depth Of Complexity
Most things that are interesting are simultaneously complex. Cities are complex. Living organisms are complex. Complexity cove
the art of disagreement
People disagree. Most genuine disagreement stems, I believe, from different people valuing different things, or valuing the sa
Evolution of Co-operation, by Robert Axelrod
The Evolution of Cooperation Summary of: The Evolution of Cooperation “The objective of this enterprise is to develop a
Communication, negotiation and the friendship of Charles and Erik
Can anything be more important than learning how to deal with yourself, and with other people? What a ceaseless struggle! Mana
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers is essentially a description of the ecology behind success. Gladwell points out, rightly, th
Self-Directed Learning (aka intensive reading)
I’ve been procrastinating about this for far, far too long. Now that I’ve hit the midway point of the 90 Week Proj
Hacking The 7 Deadly Sins: Vanity
(image courtesy of blackeri) Vanity is a naive obsession with a non-existent Self. Vanity is the excessive belief in one’
Sense Of Urgency
Stumbled upon some old blog posts from 2006/2007 and am rather startled and amused at some of the wisdom in those posts- ̶
mindfulness in the morning (30/05/11)
Sometimes it happens without any planning- although you may or may not realize that you’ve actually spent all your life
Hacking The 7 Deadly Sins: Lust
(image courtesy of blackeri) Lust is an untempered drive to conquest. Nobody lusts after what they already have. Not just abo
Hacking and Leveraging the 7 Deadly Sins To Your Benefit
I don’t like the idea of Sin as something inherently, absolutely wrong- something so intrinsically vile that even thinki
Knowing But Not Knowing.
I had an art teacher in secondary school who never taught me anything about art, but he did leave me with a cryptic saying he