No, seriously, don’t. You’re probably reading this because you’ve asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer. Note: The content in this post does not apply to…
Most of the shops I visit to purchase my supplies dispense an alcohol-based hand-sanitiser at the point of entry and have a person stationed there to check customers’ body temperature…
Some Books in My Library Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa Véliz tagged: to-read, kindle-books, and 2021-reads A Woman of…
Dune by Frank Herbert is a 1965 epic, where, Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war against artificially intelligent machines. The rulers of Arrakis – also known as Dune…
I picked up this book since the subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is close to my heart and was one of the main reasons, I dived into computer science as…
Beautifully written, illuminating, wise and deeply moving are some reactions to this masterpiece by Atul Gawande. He has exhaustively dealt with a sensitive issue of ageing and death in our…
READING
“What I tell you three times is true.” This line from a Lewis Carroll story largely sums up the cautionary tale behind the book. Using a myriad of anecdotal and…
In a nutshell Human history has been shaped by three major revolutions: the Cognitive Revolution (70,000 years ago), the Agricultural Revolution (10,000 years ago), and the Scientific Revolution (500 years…
In Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl tells his story of surviving a concentration camp and how this experience led to his theory on the importance of meaning in one’s…
Ikigai – a Japanese way of life which encompasses ideas like: what we love to do, what we’re good at, and what the world actually needs. The place where they…
Jottings
The library is dangerous— Don’t go in. If you do You know what will happen. It’s like a pet store or a bakery— Every single time you’ll come out of…
I am. Let's put the kids down. Have a light dinner. Shower. Maybe not drink so much. And do that thing I would rather do with you than with anyone…
We have been living in manicured gated communities for quite sometime now. Inside the gates of these gated communities, we live amidst planned, manicured gardens with swimming pools and kid…
We may have to live with C19 for months or years. Don’t deny or panic. Don’t make your life a misery. Let’s learn to live with this reality. You can’t…
Ideas
The rise of disinformation, online abuse and extremism has shown the web isn’t the glowing network of knowledge, community and togetherness we once hoped it could be. Is there a…
What is the most powerful two-word sentence that a teacher can use? ‘Think again’ Yeah, that’s it. Just these two simple words. Using the words ‘Think Again‘ can transform children…
A student spends nearly 14 years in a school and when he/she graduates to enter life as an adult, though knowledgeable about many academic and extra curricular subjects, but experience…
The idea is to have a learning place where kids can be sent to learn about topics not covered in conventional public school education. Topics like personal finance, relationships, the…