Parth Choudhury

Figuring out life and how the world at large operates :)

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@theskindoctor13 Possibly, inspired by Colonel Manik Mahna ;)
#IYKYK

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@chiragbarjatya but why?

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

Yes, I always felt that something was missing with the Kindle, and I wanted to build a physical bookshelf with far more books than I actually plan to read, so I end up reading more than I would, digitally.

There's something about interacting with knowledge physically.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

1/n
A physical book is a real object, anchored. If you read a particular edition, you remember not only the contents but the object itself: its cover, typography, smell, even where a passage sat on the page.
Books organize themselves in memory by place --the ancient method of loci.
Digital text does not exist.

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

The value of an X account can be measured by what doors it opens for you in real life.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

Free therapy?

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

People who are usually private and reserved, even with their friends, end up sharing all manner of personal details on a long flight with a stranger they will never meet again.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

Gradually coming to the consensus, as I age, that rationality kills not just joy, but also the optimism that propels us forward when the odds are against us – and they mostly are.

Possibility has no explanation forward; you can only connect the dots backwards, which is funny.

[Catie Romero-Finger @catieromero]

@thedankoe The reasonable voice in your head is calibrated for average outcomes.

If you listen to it too closely, you’ll build an average life.

I’d take the lessons from a big swing and a miss over the slow death of never swinging at all.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@catieromero @thedankoe "The reasonable voice in your head is calibrated for average outcomes"

SO true!!

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

We’re on the cusp of a moment in history where you take immense pride in and are disproportionately rewarded for engineering your work (and life) with AI, and yet, paradoxically, you still seek deeper recognition by insisting, “this post/email was not written by AI.”

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@paraschopra I would want them to learn humanities, on top of what their natural curiosity drives them towards.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@DuttShekhar Assuming humans to be rational agents is one of the gravest mistakes we make.

If POTUS publicly acknowledges that Pakistan mediated the ceasefire, the national leader does not need to resort to a cheap social media stunt to validate it, tarnishing your image further.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@deepakshenoy The market has not necessarily taken things at face value, but it's clear by now that we have overindexed the threat, and therefore, course correction is underway.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@karunpal This is me most days, but on some days I mysteriously find myself hammering the throttle of my car, roaring down highways lined with green fields, losing myself beyond certainty and comfort, just to grab a coffee in a serene place, ideally amid chirping birds and classical music.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

Neighbours are an underrated factor when choosing a long-term stay in a locality/society. They can enrich your life but can also fill it with nuisance.

One hack is renting in the locality before buying, but the best way is building homes together with friends on shared land.

[Ved Malik @Vedmalik1]

Celebrating 25 years of our stay in this house with very friendly neighbors. Enabled us to remain active in many different fields within India & sometimes abroad. Given us much happiness and satisfaction post retirement from the Army.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@deepakshenoy @banglani Love your take on the health aspect of 500g pack.

Rationality trains us in optimization, which can easily lead to obsessions with trivial wins (overthinking on spending ₹10 extra).

Winning long bets demands forgoing small ones, which means fewer decisions.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

God is in the nuances!

[Deepak Shenoy @deepakshenoy]

Unless the correct answer is that the 500g pack will destroy your health a lot more and the long run cost of that is much more than the price differential :)

But yes mental math is so required. I saw a deck recently about how something is 12,500 cr. market size and in brackets ($13 billion). My mental math refused to let this go, so I had to cross check every other figure because it's off by a factor of 10

On rent vs buy, I would put an emotional value to owning a house, like owning a nice car vs a crappy one though both get stuck in the same traffic. It's like of course I'd like to be stuck in a nicer car if I have to be stuck anyway so what's the cost of that? Mental math can be dangerous if you don't consider externalities or optionalities.

One other example I have here: when I drive back from Goa it usually tells me to take the Nice road back, but I know that if I reach after 11 pm, the city is faster, because Google uses current data to decide. The optionality of potentially lesser traffic isn't a factor in a purely rational decision making program, but mental math can take it into consideration. Which is when my kids used to be like NO DAD, GOOGLE SAID THAT WAY! and now they're like ok he knows what he's doing.

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

On following playbooks

[Parth Choudhury @ChoudhuryParth]

@amix3k You both inspire me.

Someday, when I build my thing, I will come back to your notes.

While I deeply care about meaningful work that empowers, I eventually want to transition to the spiritual work where the work itself is the outcome, and the doer dissolves into the craft. :)

[Tatiana Tsiguleva @ciguleva]

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