Sequel to Knives Out. It must be very dif . . . Read more

Made by the same director who directed the Venge . . . Read more

I gave an hour long talk at the NU Math Club yesterday about Lean and theorem proving. Things that went well It w . . . Read more

Going in, I was quite skeptical of this movie. I had seen the trailer and it looked pretentious. There . . . Read more

One of the often quoted, somewhat grandiose term from mindfulness is that of Acceptance. You’re supposed to “accept the current moment” for what it is. I was under the impression that I was doing this already and that I had pretty much figured it out. I’m a pretty c . . . Read more

We’re still struggling to figure out exactly what Consciousness is. One theory that I kinda like (although I have no sense of how correct it is) is that consciousness is a way of approximating the base reality. There is too much data coming in through our senses, and it is impossible for ev . . . Read more

“Television”, or in its current avatar “netflix” and “youtube” or whatever new fad exists these days, is really the modern day opium and alcohol. David Foster Wallace understood this. So did Don DeLillo. I have only recently started noticing this pernicious qua . . . Read more

This book is the story of the birth, growth, and future of one . . . Read more

A couple of weeks ago, on an evening of drinking and philosophizing, a friend asked me this question and I did not have any answer then. Chris Anderson’s video about giving TED talks kept popping into my mind; I remembered it . . . Read more

Disclaimer: I’m using the term Philosophy in an ill-defined manner. For me, it means something like an analytical tool or a way of thinking, and not a subject studied in universities. I grew up with a deep distaste for Philosophy, thanks to having seen the perils of eastern . . . Read more