If you are 20-30 today, you are likely to remain alive and in relatively good cognitive and physical shape to influence society until your 80s, meaning you have about 50-60 years to witness and influence epochal, historic shifts. A huge amount of time that must be used wisely!

A great test of character is whether you can manage to stay cheerful, optimistic, generous, kind with others even when the world is not treating you well because you don't have much to offer yet.

Depression is the worst. Absolute hell. If you're in it, I feel you. Nothing said can soothe the pain. I'm sending you positive energy.💙💪

I emailed the prolific scientist Michael Levin for some tips on his scientific productivity, and he sent me his wonderful article (link below 👇) My notes from it:

Startups are tough! If you are startup founder or builder on the journey for 6-7 years and still things aren’t sorted out, yet to figure out scale, and there is struggle for startup to stand on it’s own feet - you need to go and talk to other founders who have figured out that

Always remember: You Get what you Tolerate. Tolerate a bad job -> Work in a bad job forever Tolerate disrespect -> Be repeatedly disrespected So much is determined by what we are willing to tolerate. Change your standards, Change your life.

Nothing better than being kind of a geek about something. Not sure why we don't celebrate it. It's such great fun - it stirs you up & there is never enough you can learn or work on. Geeks drive society forward. They're behind the best things in life & the innovations we love.

Don't be afraid to change your mind if the situation changes. Changing decisions is not a sign of weakness, but flexibility and growth

got the high score on Pothole Patrol: Sarjapur Road I lived on Sarjapur Road for multiple years. met multiple small accidents due to potholes + silt/sand between 2018 and 2023. always kept dettol and bandages in my backpack which stretch in Bengaluru should I patrol next?

Men are the more romantic sex and it's not even close.

It is good to be selfish, if it is about: - Your mental peace - Your confidence - Your self-respect Don't compromise on these for anyone.

There may be 100 reasons to not do something. But if the reason to do it is that YOU have decided, then that's ENOUGH. Decide and do it today!

Trust is in high demand, but low supply. So the more trustworthy you are, the more you are valued

One's true character is revealed after they get success, power or money

Most people have no idea what it actually takes to be a founder. They talk about vision, grit, or passion. Those words are props. What you really sign up for is a life where every decision feels like it costs something real. You will spend years being misunderstood. By your

Being in a good mood is the most courageous thing you can do. Because when you sulk, you brand yourself as a victim. You tell everyone around you to no longer expect greatness out of you. Without those expectations, you're free to continue blaming the world for your shortcomings

The only way one truly learns to respect other entrepreneurs is not by seeing their success or fame, but by trying to be an entrepreneur oneself. That’s when one begins to respect every entrepreneur, regardless of their success.

#1 trait for founders: resilience. So much is timing, and it comes down to your ability to keep trying just one more time, then one more time, until it finally hits

My posts last week created a lot of unnecessary confusion*, so today I would like to do a deep dive on one example to explain why I was so excited. In short, it’s not about AIs discovering new results on their own, but rather how tools like GPT-5 can help researchers navigate,

the optimal path seems to be small startup exit in 20s ->phd ->co-found deep tech startup