Since last few months, I have started capturing time "11:11" i.e. whenever I see 11:11 AM or PM, I post a message "11:11" on Twitter or to someone in WhatsApp. Why? Is it superstition? Is it some new quirk? Those who know me would be baffled by this. Because i am not at all into... Continue Reading →
Manu Joseph is a quirky columnist who sometimes writes different, thought provoking articles. I have written in this blog before my "love-hate" relationship with him. I like some of his columns. But when I countered him on Twitter once, he blocked me! Anyways, I still continue to read his columns in Mint newspaper. The reason... Continue Reading →
In 1997, at the age of 27, Matt Damon won his first Academy Award for Best Screenplay (“Good Will Hunting”). After Damon won the Oscar, he went home, sat down on his sofa, and looked at the award. As he looked at it, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a heartbreaking thought: “I remember very clearly... Continue Reading →
One of my favourite podcasts is The Seen and The Unseen podcast by Amit Varma. It's a podcast devoted to Arts, Economics, Current Affairs, Public Policy etc. and features long conversations with the guest - actually, very very long concersations usually 3+ hours and at times stretching to 8 hours! I often listen on Spotify... Continue Reading →
I try to follow Gartner Hype Cycle for various technologies. For the uninitiated, it's a graph of emerging technologies with Visibility ("the Hype") on Y-axis and Time on X-axis. The curve has a standard pattern - the euphoria in early period leading to "Peak of Inflated Expectations", followed by "Trough of Disillusionment", "Slope of Enlightenment"... Continue Reading →
"A problem is worth solving only if it blocks us from achieving our goal" – from "Stop Decorating the Fish: Which Solutions to Ignore and Which Problems Really Matter" by Kristen Cox Kristen Cox lost her vision when she was 11 years old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqSMp8jc3CE&t=21s Seven Solutions that give us the illusion of progress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma212_LUeL4
“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲. 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁; 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆.” - says Maslow He identified eight personality factors or layers/levels in people that make them self-actualizers. I find the following three particularly important in today’s corporate world. 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻... Continue Reading →
“A library is a rainbow in the clouds.” Maya Angelou, born on this day in 1928, on how a library saved her life. Here is the article: https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/11/18/maya-angelou-library/ I discovered her through her quotes, some of which I have used in my "Thought of The Day" series and a few I have saved for the... Continue Reading →
Source: My friend's Linkedin post Choice Overload is an interesting phenomenon that's been known and researched for decades. Here's an interesting encounter I had with it in a completely different scenario The term was first coined by entrepreneur Alvin Toffler in the 1970s, though Princeton academician George Miller had already alluded to the idea as... Continue Reading →
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