Why Education is Flawed
[http://xkcd.com/519/] It’s high time we realize the disadvantages of an elite education [http://www.theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/].…
Conditions are never just perfect
Note to myself: > Conditions are never just perfect. People who delay action until all factors are favorable are the kind who do nothing. The wishbone can never replace the backbone.…
I'm On Twitter
Now you can also join me on Twitter [http://twitter.com/VoidMonk], a social messaging service. > Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? I’ll be…
BarCamp, New Delhi
As Paras Chopra informed me, the BarCamp Delhi conference [http://wiki.barcampdelhi.com/] is coming up in October. BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences, often focusing on early-stage web apps, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. Paras mentions: > BarCamp Delhi – 11th…
Vidvaan Sarvatra Pujyate
> What is power? Is it wealth, is it affluence, is it assets, what is it? Philosophers have thought about this, [and] they have found the seat of power — knowledge! “A king is honoured only in his own kingdom, but a man of knowledge is honoured everywhere.” Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker,…
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
What does it mean to be human? However vast this question might sound, the answers are infinite. This infinite nature of thoughts is the basis of humanity. Can science illuminate the answers? A panel of scientists share their answers [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/what-does-it-me.html] in a…
Startup School 2008
HackerTV [http://www.justin.tv/hackertv/] is broadcasting Startup School [http://startupschool.org/] 2008, an all-day event that covers pretty much everything one would ever want to know about technology startups. A crowd of over 650 developers, writers, and entrepreneurs packed Stanford’s Kresge Auditorium for a chance to pick…
Taught to Lie
So, everyone lies – at some point, in some form, to various degrees. Kids lie, because [http://nymag.com/news/features/43893/] they are just copying their parents. I came across Raul’s ‘mesmeric yet whimsical’ rant about the lies he told his 3 year old [http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/…