Childhood experiences have a profound impact on how we experience the world as adults. They establish the expectations we set for ourselves, those we interact with, and the world in general. The home environment - parents and caretakers - plays a huge role in the child’s development. But the school environment, and teachers, play an … Continue reading Book Review: Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window
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Peter Drucker on creating a career path
The work we do, to a large extent, acts as our primary interface to the world. It's in the time we spend at work that we develop skills, get exposed to unfamiliar ideas, learn to deal with people, and hopefully, form an objective view of the world. The accumulation of knowledge and experience happens over a long period … Continue reading Peter Drucker on creating a career path
On the need for scientific literacy
Scientific communication in the present day has become very complex. In the past, even as recently as the late nineteenth century, the preeminent scientists of the time - Newton, Galileo, Darwin, among others - wrote not only to communicate with other experts but also to inform the general public. Things are vastly different now. Modern … Continue reading On the need for scientific literacy
Csikszentmihalyi on autotelic work and the conditions that create “flow”
There’s an oft-cited quote in the Bhagavad Gita[1] that explains the role of work in a person's life. Loosely translated, it states that one should “perform work in this world without selfish attachments [desire for money, fame etc.], and alike in success and defeat.” In other words, when performed with attention and without regard for consequences, … Continue reading Csikszentmihalyi on autotelic work and the conditions that create “flow”
The Skatter Brain 