simran

joy is one of the most underrated variables of outcomes people who genuinely enjoy what they do simply stay in the game longer and long term, that compounds massively

@viraj_sheth India economy is not bad because of war but because of consistent bad decisions by Modi regime right from demonetisation till now and lakhs of idiots who love a leader more than their country.

@visakanv substack maybe

what are the online/digital equivalents of corner stores? (small-ish third spaces that people pass through a lot, a warm/familiar feeling, sense of neighborliness, etc)

I’m so into healthy confrontation like let’s talk about it actually

@ponnappa i feel like the slop written humans, as cringe and mediocre as it may be, still has an edge a personality a ruggedness to it vs ai slop seems completely flattened and juiced out of any life

AI slop is written by humans

being an accountable & responsible adult?

@signulll midwit meme law

@deeeedeesmind Having any feelings is a humiliation ritual

This is one of the smartest people in the world, without doubt. And I feel sad about how tunnel visioned the AI folks have become + on top of that they feel they have all the best ideas in the world because they are developing the things that's setting the economic agenda of the world. But is this posture below even truly defensible? Have you never watched a scene in a movie and truly felt in awe of either the emotion it evoked or the spectacle that unfolded. Have you never wondered how the director came up with the "idea" of that scene? Because in their mind they had the whole thing before it even existed. You think they express their ideas in mathematics and code? You think people who paint, who produce music, who write stories have no ideas? Or you believe all of their ideas can be mathematically expressed? How sad.

i once tried journaling but it looked like i was writing a suicide note

vivaldi what a guy. listened to 4 seasons in entirety for the first time and there's so much lore and technique and complexity and a whole story. wow

A lot of people grow up hearing 'we sacrificed so much for you', 'we did so much for you' instead of 'we had so much fun raising you', or 'those were the best years'. No wonder people want to opt out of having kids given a choice. Even aunties who want you to have kids will not sell it as something you may enjoy but as something 'you just have to do.' For generations, kids have not been a choice for parents but duty. Everyone did duty, some did it happily, some did it gruntingly. It shows. I was talking to an older cousin of mine and it was probably the first time I heard someone say, "I would always say have kids, we enjoyed it so much, I wish we could do it all over again." That's how you sell the idea of having kids. Not what you may reap off them later, not what you may or may not regret later, but just that raising kids in itself is fun and meaningful. There are parents who enjoy that process and that's how they talk about it later.

the Joy Of Missing Out

You might need to compromise at certain points in your life, but do not have a compromising personality. People may initially act favorably to a compromising disposition, but internally they will lose respect for you. People don't want to constantly filter your truth because you never speak up for what you want. It's exhausting, and often unworthy of friendship or professional collaboration. A lot of people think they're doing their personal or professional situation justice by sinking into a compromising personality. They are not. People respond well to forces of nature. You are one. Be one.

Do you want to be liked? (B2C) Or do you want to win? (B2B)

very TLPesque. i reckon they would be great friends.

bangers upon bangers. really breaks your frame of life with reason.

dude what the fuck prashant acharya is so good so so good

If you truly love knowledge, truth and skill, you never feel threatened by a technology or another person.

@vatsal_sanghvi yes

@simransvault no

dear men, adult money is to supposed to be spent on the watches, sneakers, cars and the love of your lives