Algorithms are not new, we have been using it in stock trading, ticket booking etc. Just that in 2018 we are hearing more about it. Four interesting scenarios happened in past few years. Emergence of cloud computing made processing fast cheap. Newer Open Source and proprietary technologies like Keras and TensorFlow took Deep Learning closer to …
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What matters in life
It takes years of survival on this planet to realize that :- Life is too short, live it now. A bucket list won’t be of much help. We are all opinionated and live in our own walled garden of thought. What matters the most is what makes you feel good and yes, you don’t have …
What I learnt reading philosophy
I spent a good amount of time reading after quitting my full time job last year. I read on various subjects ranging from food, health, science, literature and philosophy. I found Philosophy the most interesting among them all. Some of my favorites were J Krishnamurti, Epicurus, Seneca, Socrates and Marcus Aurelius. I maintain my reading …
Monkey Mind & me
Its 12 am and I just returned from Corner House after having Death By Chocolate. I am someone who tries to keep himself away from sugar, but does it always work? I would say NO, the evil side of mind or monkey mind as Naval says, gets its fair share. Isn’t it amazing that even …
Socrates and his questionings
Socrates bought a fresh way of seeing any situation, thinking and responding to any challenge, conversation. Socrates, a famous Greek philosopher and founder of Western Philosophy [Wikipedia]. According to Socrates a truth is always outcome of discussion filled with logic and reason. Like other Stoic philosopher, he too stressed on having a human life filled with …
We are all Epicurus
Epicurus was Greek philosopher and founder of school of philosophy named Epicureanism. Centre of his Philosophy revolved around pleasure. According to Epicurus: “Pleasure is the beginning and the goal of a happy life” The school of philosophy aka Epicureanism was started on donation from wealthy people because they resonated with it. He spent all the money in setting …
Random Thoughts: On my procrastination
Last year around October, Anurag wrote a post on procrastination and it hit my head like one hits nail with hammer. In his post, he has covered every part of procrastination in details, go ahead and read it. This post is about my procrastination habit and how it has screwed most part of me. I realized i was …
Random Thoughts: clinging to the past
Why as a humans it is so difficult to let things go? Why can’t we not move on from past, our mistakes, relationships and all that we did which made us weak or smarter? Our human mind is like a google drive, all it does is stores and stores our experiences. I am not sure …
Random Thoughts: Capitalism, Consumerism and social proof
Capitalism has fueled growth, we are more prosperous than before. Capitalism made most of us rich, prosperous. Industrialization resulted in mass production of food, medicines. We are not dying of hunger anymore or of disease like cholera, malaria (most part of the world). Anyone can work hard and build empire out of Ashes. Capitalism also …
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Notes from Reading: Presence by Amy Cuddy
Amy Cuddy is a well respected social psychologist and a known face in TED talk circle. I got to know about the book of hers from one of my friend. The book starts with her personal encounter where she met with a bad accident and how she recovered fully from it. As book progresses, she …
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