Voltaic Verses


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It’s Jan 25, 2023, and I have decided on a name for my substack, visakanv.substack.com. Previously called “visakanv’s switchboard” as a placeholder, I am hereby renaming it VOLTAIC VERSES. I will explain more in a subsequent essay. Riffing off of my idea of high-voltage living.

January 25, 2023

Fundamentally Messy


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Fundamentally Messy is a husband-and-wife podcast with @visakanv and @sharanvkaur! Episodes are uploaded to a YouTube playlist and to Spotify. You can also listen via Apple, Google, anchor.fm, or reason.fm.

October 12, 2021

⚠️ warning


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I’ve joked with some friends sometimes that I’d like to have a “warning” post that lists out all of the pitfalls of dealing with me – whether as a friend, colleague, etc. I’ll be turning 30 this year and I feel particularly compelled to actually do this. The first thing I’d warn people about is […]

January 3, 2020

πŸ”₯ mission


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When I went to San Francisco, I was startled to discover that I was able to bring strangers together, to help create a context where relationships could form. And I realized that that’s what I want to be doing with my life. I want to find other kind friendly nerds everywhere, and connect them to […]

October 18, 2019

aesthetics (junkyard of notes, links)


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I want to persuade people that it’s worth their time and effort to experiment with their aesthetics. Why? I can start by talking about my personal experience. Simplistically, I can divide my life into “life before embracing my aesthetics” and “life after embracing my aesthetics” – and life after embracing my aesthetics has been a […]

July 27, 2019

sensitivity


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sensitivity is a superpower – IMO sensitivity + smarts + strength is the holy grail. We have many cargo cults that worship smarts and strength, but sensitivity is far too often derided as weakness. I want to persuade people to see sensitivity as the superpower it can be.

July 27, 2019

Narcissism


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many cultures have anti-narcissist defenses that, kinda unfortunately, seem to end up discouraging everyone except actual narcissists. I want to persuade people to advocate for themselves and their interests as they would for a most beloved friend It can be more narcissistic to be private than public, if you’re doing it with the intent of […]

July 27, 2019

Slingshot


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The following post is a copy-paste of a Twitter thread. It will take some time before it turns into an essay of its own. I’ve mentioned an essay idea to several people in the past week and have received a lot of positive feedback about it. I call it the SLINGSHOT THEORY, loosely based on […]

July 6, 2019

make friends


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Warning: This “blogpost” is currently just a messy, meandering collection of thoughts and notes. 2023: My current best description of friendship is “shared understanding”. ✱ If I can only pick one thing from my memex to share with the world, I think it might be β€œMake friends”. It’s maybe the simplest two word directive that […]

July 5, 2019