Saurabh

What is the reality of Mumbai locals? What is their place in the life of a Mumbaikar? #PolKeBol #MumbaiLocal #HarbourLine #Railway #Mumbai #NaviMumbai polkebol.com/blog/mumbai-lo…

. @sanjeevsanyal sir there's been lot of chatter & grievances in the social media circles regarding urban infra (footpaths, trees, loose dust, riverfronts, etc.), I was wondering if this is reaching the top leadership? and if yes, can we expect some sort of municipal overhaul...

India might be the only country which looks like Switzerland, Bangladesh, Africa, Australia, Thailand, Japan all at once.

There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild. He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed. When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them. Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate. The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions. Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement. The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean. That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.

"Data centers use all the water" is "vaccines cause autism" for people with graduate degrees

me: tell me where you want to eat gf: *spitting blood* fuck you

NASA pilot Victor Glover CLAPS back after being asked what it means to be the first black man to visit the moon: “It’s the story of humanity, not black history, not women’s history, but that it becomes human history.” “I also HOPE we are pushing the other direction that one day we don’t have to talk about these first. That one day, this is just—and listen to this—that this is the human history.”

@BlueDeKrass animators: "ackhsulaly, the impact frame was <insert stupid bullshit here>" average person in theater: "haha i like it when they hit eachother" the masses will end up consuming empty slop unless you guys actually make something more compelling to them, not just yourselves

You have no experience. You’ve never started a company. You’ve never had a full time job. Nike is going to kill you. You’re a kid. You don’t have technical skills. You shouldn’t build hardware. Apple is going to kill you. You can’t build hardware. You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively. Athletes don’t care about recovery. Under Armour is going to kill you. It won’t be accurate. You don’t listen. You’re an ineffective leader. You can’t recruit great talent. You’re going to have to pay every athlete. You can’t measure sleep non-invasively. It’s too expensive to research. Athletes are a small market. The product costs too much to make. The product costs too much to sell. Your valuation is too high. Consumers aren’t going to want it. Hardware is too hard. You should measure steps. Fitbit is going to kill you. You can’t build a marketing engine. You can’t raise enough money. You need a real CEO. Google is going to kill you. You can’t be a subscription. You can’t build a brand. You can’t do consumer in Boston. Your valuation is too high. You shouldn’t make accessories. You shouldn’t make apparel. Lululemon is going to kill you. You can’t predict Covid. Stay in your niche. You are going to run out of money. You can’t build a health platform. Amazon is going to kill you. You can’t measure blood pressure. You can’t get medical approvals. The market is too small. You don’t understand AI. The market is too competitive. It won’t work internationally. The supply chain is too complicated. You can’t build an AI. You can’t raise enough money. It’s too competitive. Healthcare isn’t going to want it. … Just keep going ✌️

@sayerhsjar I doubt most indians would know how our ppl were forced to fight in WW2.. it's never acknowledged or shown

Wikipedia is the only website whose marketing strategy is threatening to kill itself if you don’t pay

One thing that really radicalized me wrt Indian politics is that I'll post the most uncontroversially positive or neutral video about India on Insta/YouTube & an Indian leftist will froth at the mouth in the comments about caste, muh Nazi Hindutva Modi, Islamophobia, or whatever. It's just completely deranged & antagonistic behavior. The mere mention of "India" sends these types into an ideologically dripping rage & mission to shit on their own people. How can one not be disgusted by such folx?

the grass is literally greener on the other side i can fucking see it

International break: Day 3

@KobeissiLetter When auto giants start moving into defense it’s not innovation its a signal of where the world is heading

Happy birthday to the @undertaker! Yes, you burned down the family home, encased my real father, Paul Bearer, in concrete, and set me on fire...a couple of times...but otherwise you're the best big brother anyone could ever hope for!

A cycle track is a sign of a socially and morally developed nation.

Gas tankers sail through Hormuz to India, most ships still stuck, data shows reut.rs/4lNMK02 reut.rs/4lNMK02

@ShekharGupta @Saurabhjr Restored the old pension scheme - this is exactly why the country can’t afford to have Rahul Gandhi as PM - an economic illiterate with zero administration experience.

3D printed hand for blocking sun

If you grew up in the trenches, you already know this: The dumber the people around you are, the more aggression you must show to be respected. The smarter the people around you are, the less aggression you must show to be respected. This is an unwritten law of human hierarchy.