MUKUNDA RAJAN

Curious to know what's happening in the world. Interested in multiple perspectives about life and living.

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There isn't always a singular moment where things start to go wrong. But if you look far enough back you'll find the moment where enough complexity was added to the system that the usual safeguards started to fracture. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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@jeet25_m Amazing insights and very true too.

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I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being cynical is... - Josh Radnor https://t.co/8PDRfgoLAl

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In the long run, what you salvage from bad days makes you even stronger on your best ones. And all those efforts compound. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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From Homo Faber to Homo Fictor https://t.co/cFWLu8bTO3

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Sunk costs compound. The longer you've believed something, the harder it becomes to question it. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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Your failings don't have to define you. Not because you can erase them, but because you can build something alongside them substantial enough to compete for how you're remembered. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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Time reveals a fragility that temporary success obscures. It's easy to be great for a moment, but hard to maintain greatness over the long haul. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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Try, as often as possible, to see things for what they are. We are easily swayed by the thoughts of others. Attune yourself to your true, independent taste – your own unique opinion. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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Comparison is a trap specifically because it's an infinite race leading nowhere. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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I just published Is Age Just a Number? https://t.co/YRplRuj669

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@Camp4 Excellent tips. Lot to ponder.

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Most people stay in their ponds too long. Either they remain small fish avoiding the discomfort of being challenged, or they stay big fish avoiding the risk of becoming small somewhere else. Both strategies have costs. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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Security-seeking behaviour (preserving optionality) directly conflicts with excellence-seeking behaviour (committing long enough for compounding to work). - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh

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Often, difficulty isn't blocking you from an insight – it's what creates the conditions necessary to receive it. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17g2J

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@divya_venn True. However, I sometimes choose individual freedom over community at the risk of being branded as unsocial and unfriendly.

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I just published Sorry, I Can’t Abandon My Prejudices https://t.co/4sztLym2zI

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I just published Why Do Regrets of Inaction Sting More? https://t.co/phbKBhofbo

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I just published Why Do People Dislike Seriousness? https://t.co/Zzq1lt59TV

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Our anxiety isn't a fear of the unknown. It’s a withdrawal symptom. We’ve built a world that launders uncertainty into a comfortable fiction, and now we've forgotten how to live in reality. - @Delikwu https://t.co/81Vso17NSh