उपकाराच् च लोकानां निमित्तान् मृग-पक्षिणाम् ।भयाल् लोभाच् च मूर्खाणां मैत्री स्याद् दर्शनात् सताम् ॥ ३६ ॥ upakārāc ca lokānāṃ nimittān mṛga-pakṣiṇām |bhayāl lobhāc ca mūrkhāṇāṃ maitrī syād darśanāt satām || 36 || People become friends by helping each other. Animals and birds can also become friendly due to some reasons. Fools act friendly because of greed or …
Physics describes patterns in spacetime that correspond to particles moving around. If the particle arrangements obey certain principles, they give rise to emergent phenomena that are pretty independent of the particle substrate, and have a totally different feel to them. A great example of this is information processing, in computronium. But we’ve now taken this …
Must come down. The good news is that it would go up again, but not without a positive mindset and positive action. The blogpost below is from 2023. We are at the cusp in 2026. Markets are excited because of the upcoming trillion dollar IPOs – Space X, Anthropic, Open AI and Perplexity are all …
Three unconnected thoughts today – or are they? IN DEFENSE OF FAIRYTALES A problem with this worldis that too few believe in fairytalesand too many reduce them to magic and swords. It has never been about slaying dragons,but about learning that if one only spoke their tongue,one would find even a dragon is someone. — Elizabeth …
Had an interesting read today – a compilation of thoughts on winning, losing and failing. And so I decided to add them below, in no particular order, and with no major modifications – because some thoughts are meant to drift in the ether surrounding you, rather than to be interacted with. You can choose to …
A bit of horology, a dash of writing instruments, vintage memories, three ladies holding a silly screenplay – this Sunday that went past. Started Made in India – the Titan Story, and the ever dependable Jim Sarbh hit the ball out the park in Episode 1. I think he has a nice little niche – …
We had a manager’s workshop today – went well, great discussions, scrumptious food, and little tokens of gratitude – a fountain pen and a book – The Almanac of Naval Ravikant. A fountain pen, because not many people use them anymore. But once you feel them in your hands, they trigger a generous dose of …
I practice active reading, like many others back in the days when people wrote, and not typed their thoughts and feelings. Part of active reading is writing down snippets – pieces that stay with you long after you forget the rest of the book (or article). Every well-read person I knew had that one big …
Just got off the phone with a colleague. I as usual had been pestering her to start her own podcast, and she had been deferring it for quite some time. Not that confident, and I get conscious when someone is recording/hearing me, she said. A common issue, I countered. I’ve seen you making reels where …
Keshav has been speaking of sharks ever since he visited Seaworld a few days ago. Today, during his TV time, he wanted to see a video – Shark vs something – those animated vids that show two animals fighting, and one wins (whatever good that serves). I instead tuned him into a special on Hammerhead …
