“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” ~ Yoda
When I was a teenager in high school, I got into many fights with other boys on almost daily basis. Writing everything about these experiences will probably require many posts but one lesson I learned in that period was to avoid the fights I could not fight even when I was sure I would emerge as the winner. Some conflicts must be avoided completely.
One such conflict that must be …

For a few weeks, I’ve been struggling with the word “strategy.” I hear this word used, abused, misused and overused. There are all kinds of uses starting from “product strategy” and “strategic advisors” to “strategizing about a topic” and “strategic sourcing.” I certainly cannot put an end to this nonsense and will instead share my thoughts.
Perhaps as humans, we need to feel in control of the future. Maybe we need to feel smart or at least appear smart enough and able to pre-calculate for all kinds of eventualities. In aggregate …

Arrogance is destructive. Pride blinds us so we can no longer differentiate the colors of life. High opinions of one’s own knowledge or importance sometimes are results of success and the assumption that past performance is an indicator of the future. I hope these never apply to me and wanted to make it clear that I certainly did not mean to appear arrogant (based on feedback from people I love) in the post about financial security. In the sea of knowledge, I know less than a drop but what I …

“It is said that as far as the range of mental vision is concerned, there are four classes of human beings. First the mentally blind, who see no further than the present; second, the general who plans for a year; third, the genius who plans for a lifetime; fourth, the seer and prophet who plans for generations yet to be.” ~ J.C. Penney
While I was waiting at the hospital for my father’s checkup to complete, I was reading Lines Of A Layman by J.C. Penney where I came across the …

For a few weeks now (after meeting one of my friends for lunch), I have been thinking about the future of the Internet. As already mentioned, I see the Internet eventually becoming an approximation of all human knowledge. However, the issue is that even as the richness of the media around us increases and even as the capture methods improve, we still cannot massively capture and reproduce textures, fragrances, tastes and feelings and emotions in their contexts (video is a poor substitute). So, we must resort to crude methods such …