Tripping through time on the information superhighway
Originally posted on 1000wordvomits. I wanted to write about “tripping through time”. I was telling another friend about t
Parents, peers and other benevolent plagues
Originally posted on visakanv.com/1000/ I’ve been reflecting on how people get into drinking and smoking and drugs. And by e
Beating yourself up is egotistic
When I was a kid, I was stuck in a very silly cycle. I’d get home from school every day and I’d avoid doing my homework fo
4 years together
Fun fact: Sharan Kaur and I got married 4 years ago today. It was kind of a secret. We did it over milkshakes and hotdogs at a
The Folly Of The Plunge
There’s an overly romanticized idea in both business and romance (and probably in many other fields as well) – tha
‘hacking’ the 7 sins
I once extensively dissected all the 7 deadly sins as a mental exercise (I was bored as a conscript, and I wanted to solve the
Retake the narrative
Wrote a response to someone asking, “Why should Muslims have to answer for what some madmen do halfway across the world?
When arguing, strive to understand context
— 1. When arguing, seek to understand context — [Published 2016] Roughly between ages 13 and 23 I was thoroughly convinced
the jetpacks of 2020 will be whatever helps us navigate information overload
TL;DR: In the broadest sense, we already have powerful engines; to go faster we need better shock absorbers and handling. ____
people seem fundamentally unserious about their information diets
TL;DR: “Every new piece of news is seriously important” => fundamentally unserious about the nature of importan
Different perspectives are more kaleidoscopic than different “points of view”
Thought: Words and phrases like “perspective” and “point-of-view” don’t adequately convey how ra
Identity fragments and withers away when there’s nobody else to perform for
One of the most interesting things I’ve ever read was about this guy who was homeless and living in the forest for a rea
Early Employee
source +1 to this. I’m a relatively early employee at my team, and while my founders don’t really mind whether I&#
is your subconscious smarter than you are?
Original: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072394 I really liked this idea– I think by Robin Sharma [1], but by many