Karthick

Writer, SaaS enthusiast. Views personal. Tweets are mostly notes to self.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

TRUE WEALTH (2nd Ed)

Worriless sleeping
Clear conscience
Reciprocal gratitude
Absence of envy
Foamy coffee
Crusty bread
Inexperienced enemies
Frequent laughs
No meals alone
No gym classes
Gravel bicycling
Good digestive functions
No Zoom meetings
Periodic surprises
Nothing to hide: financial and fiscal tranquility
Muscular strength & endurance
Ability to nap
Access to a hammock

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

The optics-obsessed, high confidence, low competence, charismatic executive is the most dangerous entity in any company.

[Casey Donaldson @caseyjdonaldson]

25 Insights from Nassim Taleb:

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

PM Modi is now speaking for himself, not speaking for people as some outside force but speaking as one of the people who has been successful, that is very threatening to the intellectuals: @sbabones
#5iveLive| @ShivAroor

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

“The personality of Modi is an affront to India’s intellectual class. It has brought them to a new fever pitch of anger over the loss of their place in society.”
~ Prof @SBabones on my show today:

[Karthick @karthicksays]

Lol!

[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

@elonmusk As an avid #Twitter user I'm very glad you bought the company. I think you overpaid, but as you wrote there is much more at stake here than money. But to the extent that you raised the money by selling over-priced $TSLA shares, it really doesn't matter. Godspeed on this journey.

[Karthick @karthicksays]

All the talent in the world cannot help if one lacks a spirit of adventure. The challenge for the talented is to learn the art of living without inhibitions.

[Karthick @karthicksays]

What I like about most engineers in tech is that they don’t seem to have the urge to show the world just how insightful, empathetic, and unintentionally philosophical they are. They also don’t have “Building XYZ” on their profile even when they’re actually building it.

[Karthick @karthicksays]

When there is a lack of burning desire, ideas, hacks, and mental models are of no use.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Excellent rule.
The corollary is to not try to *sell* your work or product; make announcements but no "marketing". This will force you to make better quality products.

[Karthick @karthicksays]

Expectation inevitably leads to suffering. Not thinking about the outcome is more practical than moral.

[Karthick @karthicksays]

It is usually the case that we are able to acquire more only when we are content. We get more done only when there is nothing to do.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

In the end, you win through superior craftsmanship, not marketing.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

I've been self-employed for most of my life & without a schedule for 2 decades, yet I still find Friday and Saturday the most pleasant days, Monday the least pleasurable one, & Sunday evening a usually sombre moment.
It has to do with the mood of others. You don't live alone.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

In the Park, today:
Walkers (esp. strollers) look meditative, serene &,for the most, content. Bicyclists seem to be enjoying themselves (except for MBAs in aerodynamic skinsuits).
But runners look in pain, w/the expressions of future journalism majors during a final calculus exam

[Siddha Performance @KapilGuptaMD]

Krishna Himself answered all of arjuna's how-to questions.

He told him what to think, what to do, how to behave.

Arjuna did not become Enlightened.

But You think

That 20 min of meditation

A blue yoga mat,

4 noble truths,

Stoicism,

And self-help books

Will do the trick.

[Rohan Mukherjee @rohan_mukh]

This meme could teach my Indian foreign policy course.

[Karthick @karthicksays]

Yes

[Raisina Dialogue @raisinadialogue]

.@DrSJaishankar: It is better to engage with the world on the basis of who we are rather than try to please the world as a pale imitation of who they are. The idea that others define us and we need approval, is an era that we need to put behind us.

#Raisina2022

[Amit Paranjape @aparanjape]

.@nitin_gadkari to @elonmusk (about reducing duties on @Tesla
imports to India) -

You are welcome to manufacture in India. We have vendors, infra, ports (to export)...Indian market is huge.

But manufacturing in China and selling in India is not a great proposition for us.