rambles for progress

More rambling time. Let’s contemplate the evolution of social ideas for a bit- how cultural shifts happen. They’re

3 Phases: Accumulation, Reflection, Creation

I feel like I could reasonably split my life into three phases (so far). The first phase is the phase of accumulation. We̵

What I Learnt From Basic Military Training.

BMT was a fun, interesting and rather meaningful experience for me. Unlike most soldiers, I only experienced it after already

The To-Write List

– How Bruno Mars won me over- I used to think of him as an annoying ladies man wannabe, but I now think of him as a fun-

Transcending the limitations that we impose on ourselves: Our Identities.

Who are you? What are you like? What do you like? What do you do? Simple questions to ask, but complex ones to answer. There a

Is it okay for guys to cry?

The word “cry” is like the word “love” or the word “friend”. What does it mean? Different

A Reader whose life you have improved.

I would like to say that i like your stuff. I like what your thoughts and philosophy about how we are all interconnected and h

Systems, Ideas, Projects

I’ve been bothered for a long time by my inability to express myself effectively, both in general and in this blog. Ther

utilizing decisive bursts

I’ve had some rather unique NS experiences. One of them involved me and my colleagues spending many hours with penknives

explaining my love for self-correcting mechanisms, philosophy and systems

Stereotypical geniuses have highly developed self-correcting mechanisms. They learn from their mistakes and avoid repeating th

Daily Rambling: On the forgotten art form, the ramble

I don’t understand why I can’t sit down and keep writing the way I used to be able to. Or perhaps I was never actu

Talent, focus, and endurance, by Haruki Murakami

In every interview I’m asked what’s the most important quality a novelist has to have. It’s pretty obvious: talent. Now

How important is consistency and sustainability?

I was unfollowing people on Tumblr yesterday- specifically, people who haven’t posted in 8 months or more, and people wh

The passing of Steve Jobs, and what it means for the rest of us

I woke up this morning to messages that Steve Jobs was dead. I wasn’t entirely surprised to hear it- we know he’s

smoking in jc

I picked up smoking sometime around my O Levels, when I was 16- but I never really bought my own cigarettes and carried them a

thoughts on illness, immune systems and weekend warriors

I think I fall sick more often than my peers. I’m not completely sure of this, I don’t have enough data to be conc

nothing to say

Torn between wanting to seek out and ruminate with every last person I have any spiritual affinity with, and throwing myself i

misery and effective decision making

Time and time again I find myself staring into space, overwhelmed with so many choices and options that I end up doing absolut

how good are you at making maps?

I like to think of communication as drawing a map, or giving directions. I’m not suggesting that you need to spell out e