I first met Dr. Carl Hendrik two years ago at the Research ED Canada conference amd I was blown away with his knowledge of the Science of Learning! Why hadn’t I been taught this before?!? Since then, I have bought and read his book “How Learning Happens”, followed him on social

It’s the first time I have seen anyone arguing the Gig workers or Uber drivers earn highly by comparison. What’s wrong with that - they work hard!

Badnaam honge to kya naam na hoga timeline #Cluely #SohamParekh

Amazing how we make the same mistakes in learning by humans and learning by machines.

One of the major advantages of the U.S. and of the tech industry is that the kid does not have to lie about any of this. He can plainly state he does not have the degree, but verifiably knows his stuff and no classmate, professor or employer will have any problem.

The problem with using a machine gun to kill a mosquito is not that it is overkill but that it fails. The mosquito survives.

The most impressive part about the IMO is (now that I am older) the process by which 6 problems are set to challenge the brightest 300 young mathematicians for 9 hours. Some of these students have trained *exclusively* in these types of problems for a decade.

All fliers in nature take off by flapping their wings. Aircraft designers: it’s probably nothing. Seems correct (for now?)

Why are all the AI shows so dystopian and grand and removed from just a normal human story. Pixar was capable of Wall-E but they also produced something like Geri. Try that.

Investors look for 30%. Inventors look for 30X.

Nostalgia is the first step to old age. Avoid it. We also had much better nostalgia in the 2000s.

These three may be the best explanation of the success of IIT alumni. They created their own idleness and even though they are all engineers by training, the diversity of professions they pick up is quite high.

The main regret of the dying is “I wish I wasn’t dying”. These are all regrets of the living.

Greedy mindset for Raksha Bandhan!

No Selfie only Safely, advises the police as they gently nudge the crowds along #lalbagh #flowershow Spectacular display

Real estate ad on Golf Course Road says “800 acre development. Larger than City of London”. 800 acres is pretty huge but City of London is that red dot inside the yellow sprawl of London.

Speaking of locational variations, I was in Gurgaon, Delhi, Gwalior, Bhopal, Mumbai, Bangalore this trip and everywhere I look it feels like there is a lenskart store within 100m of me. Amazing choices of location to achieve coverage with only 1500 stores.