Anything That Can Go Wrong: The True Story of Murphy's Law
A backwards-wired sensor, a daredevil on a rocket sled, and the physics that proves your toast really does hate you.
Why Your Requirements Keep Changing (It Is Not Your Work. It Is the Clock.)
You delivered in 2 days and got one change. You delivered in 5 days and got a committee. Same work. Same person. Different amount of time for people to have opinions.
Work
The Career Growth Paradox: You Are Being Promoted Into a Job You Will Be Bad At, On Purpose
The skills that get you promoted are almost never the skills the new job needs, and everyone running the promotion already knows it.
Srihari VenkatesanJuly 20269 min read
Work
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When Efficiency Backfires
In short, we’re using AI more than ever, simply because it became more efficient and affordable.
Work
The Workplace
Why do some lessons last a lifetime, while others disappear faster than Friday’s snacks in the office pantry?
Life
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Half the Dead Bodies on Everest are Motivated
I have recently heard someone say something that completely changed the way I think about success.
Life
Overthinking: Secret Catalyst
Overthinking is not the adversary; it is the architect of brilliance.
Life
Happiness and Success
The relationship between happiness and success is a debated topic for me since I'm torn between practice and reality.
Society
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We'd Mix Water in the Milk
Yesterday me and my friend were sitting on the bench at our usual tea kadai.
Society
Valuing Public Service
In the heart of a bustling metropolis, far from the gleaming corporate towers, there lies a small school.
Science & Tech
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Why AI is Not Free
In short, every answer you get travels through a chain that costs billions to build and maintain.
Science & Tech
Solution In Search of Problem
In the dynamic landscape of technology, we often encounter innovations that seem to precede the problems they solve.