Random topics that I explored

Sunday morning, coffee in hand, I'm watching CBS Sunday Morning which featured a segment on AI, when they show footage of the US exploring AI for drones for the Air Force. One company name on the tail of the aircraft caught my attention: Kratos. I'd heard

Nobody posts pictures of their messy kitchens on social media. Eileen, my cleanliness-obsessed wife, is embarrassed to invite guests over because of the clutter at home. She wants to renovate the kitchen (granite countertop, refinishing cabinets, and changing a couple of appliances). I did a quick mockup in Photoshop (thanks

I grew up thinking I was pretty rational. Smart enough to make good choices, logical enough to avoid obvious traps. Last week I got early access to an online course "Behavioral Science for Life" which made me realize my brain has been playing tricks on me for decades.

I missed out on 20K and that's 0K Three months ago I decided to invest in defence sector stocks. I used ChatGPT to research three drone companies, study their price ranges, and place limit orders totaling $50,000. But then I noticed the prices climb. And climb. Geopolitical

Saturday morning musings often arrive unexpectedly. Last night, while mindlessly doom scrolling through Instagram, a funny song stopped me mid-swipe and sparked an uncomfortable realization: we're living in an era of profound fragmentation disguised as personalization. The Addiction by Design As someone who's spent years analyzing

What a short film and a book taught me about creative freedom

This is a quote that really resonated with me. It is most often attributed to James A. Michener, though there’s no definitive evidence he actually wrote it. Variations have also been linked to L. P. Jacks (Lawrence Pearsall Jacks), a British educator and philosopher, who expressed a very similar

I first learned of this beautiful & inspiring poem from a friend at college. It has many life lessons. It is available as framed posters and prints, and I will gift you a copy if you comment below on what parts you liked. The phrases that particularly resonated with me