last updated 2024nov17. Currently I am…

It’s 2023jan25, 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. ✱ It’s now 2024nov17, and sometime ago I’ve decided that “Voltaic Verses” […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 “Make friends”. It’s maybe the simplest two word directive that […]