Aparna Vemuri

Currently working on Marketplace @Walmart;

Ex @udacity @degreed & @branchmetrics;

Daughter & sister by birth;

Wife & #girlmom by choice

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

Just wrapped up a fantastic trip to Tanzania and here are my highlights 🧵

[Nicki 🫧🪷 @nickimoraa]

A lady on this flight was upset because an old man was taking a long time to get his bag down and she was late for her connection.

She finally says “sir!”

And this man, nearly 90, looks at her and says

“I am not obliged to take part in your anxiety.”

Got his bag, and slowly walked down the aisle.

Bro gagged the whole plane.

[Raymond Russell @raymondopolis]

I've always thought of the Indian e-visa website as a filtering test: if you can survive it, you'll be fine in India

[Tom Whitwell @TomWhitwell]

I just published 52 things I learned in 2024 https://t.co/E7NUSZxkWU

[24 🇷🇸🐐🏅 @djokerprime]

Possibly the most iconic FH of Nadal's career, in what went to be arguably the greatest match of all time.

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@notvert Kamala in Sanskrit/Hindi means Lotus

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

History in the making!! #EarlyVoting #KamalaHarris2024 #lotuspotus

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

Who did this?? https://t.co/HQeclb9ffP

[Jonathan Pan @notvert]

All gave some, but some gave all. 99% of Memorial Day posts are about remembering the war fallen but not enough is about keeping an eye on the very people who will take us into the next war. Memorial Day is my annual reminder that the people who start wars are often the ones who have never fought in a war. And once a war starts, it often becomes an uncontrollable force of its own. Spend 15-30 minutes today to find out what positions your Congressmen or Senators hold on defense / war.

[Vaidehi Murthy @ButVai]

Sometimes she forces me.
Most times she's the force in me.

F = ma.

#HappyMothersDay

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@sidin ** in what you think is a sexy voice 😉😀😉

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@enthahotness Can confirm. Went to a white family home that looked exactly like this 😕

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@notvert Congratulations on the appointment!!

You're right about games , AI, and defense tech. As a veteran in big tech and games you are perfect to be building in this space.

Thank you for your service and excited to see what you build.

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@mimansashekhar Great list!!

My additions
Rockford
Hyderabad Blues
My brother Nikhil
Filhaal

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

So true 😂😭

[Collins🦋 @collinstimbela_]

No matter what you do on earth... remember there is always an Asian kid somewhere that is better at it, at an even younger age...😭💕

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@iam_preethi Indian.

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@sidin I think air India used to hand out these spoons as part of their meal service

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@ramit Plane tickets to go see family or travel to a bucket list destination

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@asanwal @DanielZarick Dune bashing in Pismo beach is super fun and your daughter gets to ride her own ATV

Some good hiking spots and photo opps around Pfeiffer beach

There is a zip lining place around Santa Maria...which was pretty fun... Zip lining over a vineyard.

Sounds a fun trip..enjoy!

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

@enthahotness Such a missed opportunity to call the baby Laddu 🤓

[Aparna Vemuri @aparnavemuri]

"You have some experience, greyer hair and wrinkles – but you never transcended into the god-like adult class."

Amazingly articulated!

[George Mack @george__mack]

If you could put one idea on a billboard for the world to see -- what would it be?

Here's mine: Adults don't exist.

If you dig deep enough under low agency behaviour, you discover a belief in a god-like adult class that is superior to them.

There’s a Peter Pan perception of reality that has been frozen in time from childhood. The fictional beliefs of Santa and the Toothy Fairy were uncovered – but the belief in a god-like adult class that runs the world still remains.

Teachers, politicians, parents, service staff, CEO’s – there’s this mystical group of adults who have figured everything out. In the low agency model of the world, there’s a world full of emperors – all wearing beautiful clothes.

The high agency individual was told the same story in their childhood — but they began to see behind the curtain. Some gradually saw it — others were forced to see it all at once: The adults of the world aren’t a god-like superior class that have figured everything out, they’re just giant children putting on a show.

Not only are the emperors not wearing any clothes, they are not even emperors.

If you ever get to meet your heroes, you realize Superman was Clark Kent all along – but your mind beforehand was a movie studio falsely putting this human on a pedestal.

A low agency fallacy to fall into is to see your backstage (inner dialogue, emotions, messy life) and contrast it to other adults stage performance (words, social media profile, job title).

The low agency fallacy dehumanizes other adults: It puts them on a pedestal of a superior god-like class.

One modern trope thrown around in the self-help world is the concept of “Imposer Syndrome” – and how the solution is to simply believe in yourself more.

A more useful alternative is to just realise that everyone else is also just figuring it out:

They started off as a sperm cell, fertilized an egg, came into this world screaming in a hospital bed with no sense of self, downloaded patterns of information from those around them that seemed certain — and now we call them “adults”.

Deep down, everyone is just a child that has aged, with sensory inputs each day trying to figure out what reality is.

If you could see behind the curtain of everyone, you’d humanise these people: They are not gods. They eat, sleep, cry and visit the bathroom just like you.

Reality gives many red pill moments if you pay attention closely enough:

1. The Teacher Red Pill - One of the biggest red pill moments comes in your early 20’s:

A person you know who has a messy emotional life and is unsure of what they want to do with their life decides to become a teacher.

You then do the mental maths: A large % of the teachers you put on pedestals in childhood were also just giant children figuring things out.

Your whole foundation of reality was a facade: The adults never existed.

2. The Milestone Red Pill - When you’re young and meet someone who is 18, 21, 25, 30, 40, 50….

You think they are a different creature to you. You can’t imagine what it’s like being that age – but you’re convinced you’ll have everything figured out by the time you are that age.

You then hit these age milestones yourself – and notice you’re still the same creature. You never got the magic adult badge of figuring everything out.

You have some experience, greyer hair and wrinkles – but you never transcended into the god-like adult class.

The red pill moment happens: These different creatures never existed. It was all a lie. They were just giant children figuring things out too.

The low agency mindset has built an immune system defence to these red pill moments. They live in a state of denial, and if a superior god-like adult gets undeniably exposed as just a grown up child — the vacuum gets filled with a new god-like adult:

They have the red pill teacher moment – but they fill the vacuum with a new super guru they follow online. Or they find out their parent was just a fallible human – and now replace that void with a politician who has all the answers.

Humanize the "adults' around you. Do not put them on pedestals.

The adults don't exist.

There’s just giant children figuring things out.