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The Illusion of Precision (opens the original)
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Well, I am old enough to have a different context for this phrase than what it has come to mean for Gen-Z. So if you thought this is about that body count, no.This is about McNamara’s folly.In November 1967, Lyndon Johnson sat down at the White House with Robert McNamara and General William Westmoreland to discuss an increasingly awkward number.The body count.For years, the United States had published estimates of enemy soldiers killed in Vietnam. Westmoreland’s strategy was expl
The Wrong Lesson. (opens the original)
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A friend texted me last week: How come you haven’t written anything about The Odyssey? -given my love for Nolan and history! Well, I was late to the movie, and then work took over. Writing is still the sidekick; I have an entrepreneurial life to run- maintaining what we have build, toying on my nextBiGThings, and also talking with other builders and operators.However, I did finally watch The Odyssey a few weeks ago. But more than Odysseus, I went into rabbit hole for the another word Homer gave
Have Fewer Opinions (opens the original)
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Last Sunday, while spending time on the only social-media platform I use these days, Substack, I came across this: You actually need the money first to discover it wasn’t really about the money.So, I shared with few of my friends and family. Now, if you see this is bit funny because most of us recognise the sequence. We often assume meaning is something we can identify first and then organise our lives around. But the obsessive search for meaning can itself get in the way. Meaning often appears
The Price of Speed (opens the original)
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This May, during an extended visit to London, Canary Wharf became our base. The wife’s cousin (our host) works there and had rented a place nearby. At London prices, naturally, they (she and my co-brother) were paying a bomb.Canary Wharf, is a massive global business hub, made up of dozens of skyscrapers. <
Boring at the Edges (opens the original)
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Boredom at the edges is how you finance courage at the centre.I have ordered the same coffee, same breakfast, same food (mostly veg thali), and almost prefer to take the same seat when it is free (when we are out for our foods).And, for this, my wife’s critique is predictable. “You are no longer exploring. You have stopped being curious. You are optimising the life out of life”.And, for this, I never had a good defence because I did not think the americano required one. But, then recently I thou
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