A visit to Gadar Memorial in San Francisco
Getting Inside After getting misdirected once to 436 Hill St, San Francisco (the old original address which does not exist anymore), I eventually reached 5 Wood St, San Francisco. It was sunset time,...
View ArticleOwnership vs Control
Ownership is an innate human desire, except, we make the mistake of confusing it with control. In the name of ownership, we end controlling things, and then we end up wasting disproportionate time...
View ArticleLearnings from IIT Global Leaders Conference (IITGLC) 2015
Day 1 Great leaders are great because they handle challenges and setbacks well – John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Real education is like building a house – you set a good foundation first and then you build...
View ArticleFront of the queue effect
You are standing in a queue waiting to buy food, order drinks, or buy tickets. The queue is long and is moving slowly. You are grumbling about the people standing in the front, why are they asking so...
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Speedup vs Slow-down
If you are driving at a speed 60 mph (or kmph, it won’t matter) from one city to another and return at 40 mph, then what would be your average speed? It’s not 50, it would be 48 (See note 1). A...
View Article5 things airlines get wrong about leisure travelers
They don’t fly on dates 2PM and 8PM on Friday are the same dates but the former flight requires taking a leave from office, latter does not. 11PM on Friday and 1AM on the following Saturday are...
View ArticleThe optimal distance
You cannot read a book kept too far or too close to your eyes. You cannot comfortably watch a movie from the first row of the multiplex and you can’t watch it from the other end of a football field...
View Article90% vs 99%
Consider two systems, the first one is 90% reliable and the second one is 99%. The wrong to compare them is to compare the reliability and conclude that the second one is 9% (or 10% if you take 90% as...
View ArticleLearning vs remembering
The way the human brain learns is different from how it remembers. Good practitioners know how to remember. Good teachers know how to make others learn.
View ArticleThe Internet and the City Advantage
Cities have been central to the human civilization. Their dense population provides a platform for the serendipitous interactions and cross-pollination of ideas from different domains, their abandoned...
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