Santhosh Guru
practising curiosity — books, cinema, product, and everything in between
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Second best innovation of the 18th century
The best innovation in the past two centuries was: the steam engine. Can you guess what is the next best innovation?
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Travelogue - San Francisco and Las Vegas 2019
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Overwhelming Retail Therapy
Recently I travelled to the U.S on an office trip. On a weekend, I visited my brother who is staying in Berkeley, California. He wanted to do some monthly grocery shopping. I was curious about how the
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One-inch square
I found this piece of advice on writing by Anne Lamott to be refreshing:
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What is it you do to train that is comparable to a pianist practising scales?
This question was posed in Marginal Revolution, one of my favourites blogs. This question was inspired by the article from David Perell. The crux could be summed up by this argument:
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My 12-favorite problems
This is my first week into the online course, Write of Passage. It was quite fun to see a lot of familiar people know through Twitter and blogs in the class. I had already taken course Building A Seco
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Online Writing Inspiration
I enrolled for an online course on writing organized by Tiago Forte and David Perell, which is starting from tomorrow. I will definitely write a detailed post on what I am trying to learn from this co
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On Nature vs. Nurture
When it comes to parenting an important concept I learnt some years ago is the "nature vs nurture". Nature is the genetical influence given by the parents to the children. Nurture, many people, used t
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On Driving
I am not a car enthusiast. Even though I am a gadget fanatic, I have never gotten why people get so excited about nice cars. (Well, Tesla is an exception. It is more a gadget than an automobile. 😜)To
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Money as a Voting mechanism
My thinking toolkit got enriched with a new tool of thought. Thinking money as a way to vote.
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