Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. — Dr. Carl Sagan
The 13th Century CE, Indian poet and saint Gyandev created a children's game called Moksha Patam. The British later named it as Snakes and Ladders instead of retaining the original Moksha Patam. Originally, the game was used as a part of moral instruction to children. The…
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This day on October 14, 1947 – Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.
In 2012, Dmitri Krioukov, a physicist at the University of California, San Diego, faced a $400 fine for allegedly running a stop sign. Instead of accepting the fine, Krioukov crafted an academic paper titled "The Proof of Innocence" to argue his case in court. Surprisingly, the…
Learned as an engineer : bad ideas generally stay bad Learning as an investor : powerful, disruptive ideas often were once bad ideas
A great business model is travel back in time to 1997 and grab some cool 4-letters .com domain names
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Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
This looks exactly like running a startup
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." –Einstein Why was Einstein so adorable.
1940s :: Willingdon Aerodrome, Delhi
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