PinnedDissolveLumoās Resolve inspired this writing. Somewhat a response, itās intended to build upon and not against his piece. Any convergence as well as any divergence are deliberate. Naked and crying, weāre born. Weak and vulnerable. Exposed. Thrown into a cold threatening reality, we need to be welcomed, nourished and protectedā¦Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Apr 5, 2021Survivorship bias: solving the right problemWeāve heard this story before. When the US military tried to reduce aircraft shot down by enemy fire during World War II, they examined the planes returning from their mission. After inspecting the bullet holes on the aircraft armors, their recommendation was to reinforce the damaged areas. But statistician Abrahamā¦Nonfiction2 min readNonfiction2 min read
Dec 31, 2020Burn 2020 after livingThereās this one scene I love above any other in the brilliant Coen Brothers film, Burn After Reading. The final scene shows us CIA officer Palmer reporting back to his superior about the series of unpredictable, unfortunate events that have unfolded. If you donāt remember it, here it is: ā¦Nonfiction2 min readNonfiction2 min read
May 29, 2020Is the government gaslighting you? Some thoughts on communication and powerPower and communication are tightly intertwined. Itās impossible to hold power without communicating it somehow. Yet in our hyperconnected world, the intentional sabotage of communication has become a normalised tactic from the elites to divert responsibility over the speech act in the exercise of power and control. We often forgetā¦Communication3 min readCommunication3 min read
Aug 23, 2019In the Trenches of Language (I): A Restraining Order on RealityāEvery word is a prejudice.ā Nietzsche ā(ā¦) contrary to what our desire cannot fail to be tempted into believing, the thing itself always escapes.ā Derrida Language divides, separates, and isolates. It causes a chasm, a difference, and a distance. ā¦Life2 min readLife2 min read
Aug 2, 2019A Glance Into The Lives Of OthersScottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh After a few minutes browsing souvenirs in the gift shop, I find myself standing square in front of a picture window. Amazed, I stare at the view: the upper half of the window is a clear bright blue sky, the bottom half aā¦Art2 min readArt2 min read
Jul 25, 2019The thousand faces of Doctor WhoāTo define is to limitā, Oscar Wilde The Doctor is an almost thousand-year-old alien with a policebox-shaped time-space ship and a Deus-ex-machina device in the form of a sonic screwdriver. He* travels through time and space solving conflicts, fixing problems and saving people. Most of the times. Heās also gotā¦Pop Culture4 min readPop Culture4 min read