People who choose to think in terms of deserving, fairness, justice can be amusing. ...

In a land far away lived a vegan corporate rockstar who had no actual ownership in the company he worked for — but carried an intense sense of ownership. Legend has it that one day he entered a steakhouse and ordered the sizzle of a steak. At first, the waitress was taken aback. Then she glanced toward a regular customer seated nearby — a man who happened to own multiple properties. She understood exactly what he came for. ...

I used to successfully fail to disabuse people of their fantasy that I might be a competent professional. Many days of solitude and reflection have made me a fast forward level communicator. The blunt instrument has become a scalpel and now it doesn’t fail.

Apparently, broadcasting ideas that sound insightful or emotionally appealing—yet may not withstand rigorous critique—can have surprisingly high RoI. ...

All the hustle and bustle in cities. Bad air quality, concrete, shallow interactions, restless people chasing winds. ...

For those rare of us who like theatrics and enjoy wider optionality, but are not sure which venue would be more entertaining, my observation tells that political arenas are higher end in this regard than, say, corporate arenas. I must admit, politicians act so smoothly that at times I almost believe them. I have even heard rumors that some people are voting for them. In contrast, corporate actors know the performative language but the delivery often feels forced and awkward. I am not sure why, maybe it is lack of incentives or the script is unclear. ...

I was discussing simple topology with chatgpt o4. It just needed to keep in mind around 4 definitions. Apparently at some point it failed to spot the contradiction. Fast forward some wasted prompts, I decided to use o3 and it spotted the contradiction after 8 seconds of thinking. ...