“You don’t need more time. You just need to decide” __Seth Godin Yes that’s defence as in the sport of Cricket. Defence is important, that’s the way you protect yourself from getting out to good deliveries but I just realized that I’ve been playing too much defence for too long.  A good delivery needs to be respected and defended against but most deliveries are

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“You can paint a horse with numbers but you can’t whisper to the horse like a real artist!” __Madhav SBSS There is a trend now a days of talking about percentages, numbers and quantified wisdom. Trust me, I love numbers; at MIT, everything was numbers including our restrooms, desks, computers and classrooms. The issue with trying to explain how to live a good life

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“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” –Carl Jung I’d have never thought I will be interested in entropy ever again after my thermodynamics classes during high school. Well who knew! I am reading up a bit of literature around entropic brain, psychedelics and experiments. Johns Hopkins, UC Davis and others schools are pursuing psychedelic experiments in treating diseases of the mind, addiction

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“Penchaga Penchaga Perige Aasalu, Thrunchaga Thrunchaga Tholagunavi” (Just as we steadily grow our desires, we can eliminate them by steadily nipping at them) –Padakavitha Pitamaha Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya Attachment to stuff hurts. You are in the Apple store, someone looking at an iPhone drops it on the ground and shatters the glass. You might say “Uh oh” but you won’t lament over it. Suppose,

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