Bullshitters are individuals who claim knowledge or expertise in an area where they actually have little experience or skills. I was reading this interesting paper and below are the summary. Data: They collected data from over 40000 participants across 9 countries with various socio-economic backgrounds and genders. Other related paper: Bullshitters are found to exhibit …
Category Archives: Book Reading Notes
What manner of man
I was reading: What manner of man. The book is a memorial biography of Martin Luther King Jr. While reading the book, I got to know many new things. How Mahatma Gandhi and non-violence played a role in King’s life, his utmost belief in Christ, and his attitude of not giving up. His famous speech: …
Bangalore
Peter Colaco’s Bangalore is a great depiction of Bangalore. He wrote it in 2003 with all his childhood memories about the sprawling city. The book has lovely illustrations by Paul Fernandes. The book is an absolute delight for anyone and everyone who wants to know about this city. Peter has shared Bangalore’s story in one …
East India Company
I was watching this Video of Shashi Tharoor about British atrocities during 200 years of rule. After the video finished, Youtube suggested an hour-long video of his. After watching the video, I learned many more things about their LOOT, robbery. I ended up buying his book title: the era of darkness India was not only …
The Viral Storm
Liked reading The Viral Storm. The core of pandemic seems to be poverty. The viruses from Gorillas and other wild beast is moving to us and causing havoc. People in Africa, China are blamed for their game and wild hunting. Nobody asks why are they eating wild animals. Given the option of available alternative proteins like the …
Vaccines
The last chapter of The Viral Storm talks about Vaccines, which are essentially viruses grown in lab conditions to fight against deadly viruses. Isn’t it ironic? Excerpt from the viral storm.
bug
You have to be crazy to run a startup. 9 out of 10 times things get screwed. Be it team, customer, product, legal, investors or partnership. Nothing is certain. We have limited things in our control. The outcome like the shiny unicorn also depends on many externalities. All we have to do is to keep …
Smallpox
While reading The Viral Storm, got to know about the history of Smallpox. Out of all the places it came from Camel, shock and amazed at same time. Excerpt from the book The Viral storm.
virus
Most of the lucky ones are in social isolation. Trying to read and learn more about the Virus. Martinus Beijerinck discovered and coined Virus while finding the reason in his father’s tobacco plant. TIL moment for me, maybe because I hated biology in my school days. 🙂 Excerpt from the book The Viral storm.
March Readings
Contagious The mom test Positioning How brands grow: part 2