“No power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come.” With these words, Manmohan Singh began his historic 1991 budget speech, signaling a seismic shift in India’s economic trajectory. As Finance Minister, Singh dismantled the restrictive Licence Raj, paving the way for the liberalization, privatization, and globalization India so desperately needed. Today, millionsContinue reading “The Man Who Unshackled India: A Tribute to Manmohan Singh”
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Unmasking the Chameleon : A Survival Guide
The late great Charlie Munger, Warren Buffets BFF, long advised his readers to adopt a lifelong habit of building a Latticework of Mental Models for thinking and decision making, to help one understand and navigate the complexities of this world. All of us reading this have a likely list of “I wish I had…” regrets.Continue reading “Unmasking the Chameleon : A Survival Guide”
Decision-Making: The Most Underrated Skill in an AI-Driven World
Most folks who read this blog are in white-collar jobs. Which means since the beginning of this last decade (2010s) have been relentlessly bombarded by the trifecta bingo of AI, Automation and Analytics. If you are skeptical just open your LinkedIn feed. Everyone in the corporate hierarchy is focused on learning about, deploying and gettingContinue reading “Decision-Making: The Most Underrated Skill in an AI-Driven World”
Herding Bits, Not Sheep: The Evolution of Work
Premise There are two fundamental components that make up the content of most of our lives in 2020s :A. Physical things (baryonic matter)B. Digital things (information, represented in 0s,1s in this young century) Till about 1950, before the Anthropocene truly began, world trade, world GDP and the lives our grandparents lived was all about AContinue reading “Herding Bits, Not Sheep: The Evolution of Work”
Cultivating Insight: Escaping the Narrative Matrix
Narrative is looking at an event and then making up a good story around it. Usually the narrator highlights bits in the story that supporting his point of view. But if done badly it misses a lot of important details. Most op-ed columns today are entertaining narratives masquerading as Insight. Most LinkedIn articles are badlyContinue reading “Cultivating Insight: Escaping the Narrative Matrix”
Book Review : Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders
Mount Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga are the 3 indisputable tallest mountain ranges out there. It is likely on the bucket list of many new and aspiring climbers, working as a backdrop siren call as they hone their skills on lesser mounds. Book lovers have their own list but this list can never be definitive sinceContinue reading “Book Review : Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders”
2015 Movies Review
Back in 2014 I managed to cram in a decent 76 movies into my year. I told myself at the end of that year I would see MORE in 2015. I did. I saw 77. 1 more. Thats right. ONE MORE than 2014. This is what impartial observers would lament is a case study in “winning in letter butContinue reading “2015 Movies Review”
Games as Portal to Learning – Life Lessons from Video Games
Even now in my late 30s I regularly play games on my Xbox and relish it. Most dismiss it as a silly distraction. But Gamers know just how good, immersive and addictive these new age games are. But even fewer realize how educational video games can be. Yes. EDUCATIONAL. And not in the vague weasel-politician-word sense butContinue reading “Games as Portal to Learning – Life Lessons from Video Games”
How to spot Bullshit Marketing
I may not have scraped too much off the passing wisdom iceberg but if asked to dispense something memorable in the here and now, a week into my 37th birthday, here it is : NEVER TRUST ANY ADVERTISEMENT THAT FEATURES CUTE ANIMALS OR KIDS. American novelist Sinclair Lewis wryly noted early on that ‘Advertising isContinue reading “How to spot Bullshit Marketing”
Why I lost faith in interviews and resumes
Paul Graham is a programmer, writer, and famous investor and this blog on Start Up Ideas was a terrific read. Here is a sample gem : “One of my tricks for generating startup ideas is to imagine the ways in which we’ll seem backward to future generations.” “…..Ways in which we’ll seem backward to futureContinue reading “Why I lost faith in interviews and resumes”
Third Eye Observations 