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  1. When machines become oracles

    I built an astrology engine and refused to call its outputs predictions. Modern AI raises the same question about what a model can actually see.

    13 min read

  2. The age of answers, and the lost art of questions

    Answers used to be expensive and are now nearly free. If scarcity has only moved rather than disappeared, what became scarce is knowing what to ask.

    5 min read

  3. The Layered Birth of Gods

    One temple accepts only flowers; another remembers blood. Read those differences as fossils rather than local flavour, and the gods start to look assembled.

    17 min read

  4. Why India created so many spiritual systems, and kept them all

    Ritual, self-knowledge, mantra, yoga, devotion: India kept adding paths without discarding the old ones. Why the contradictions were allowed to stand.

    15 min read

  5. The Timeless Evolution of Shiva

    Ascetic, dancer, destroyer. Shiva was not born whole: he accumulated, absorbing a wild forest power, a storm god and a yogi across four thousand years.

    25 min read

  6. The Journey of Indian Spirituality, Part 2

    By 500 CE the Vedic sacrifice had argued itself into abstraction. Part two follows what rose in its place: Buddhism, bhakti, and a god you could love.

    8 min read

  7. Nietzsche’s “Will to Power” in Consumer Behavior

    Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Will to Power” is a philosophical concept that speaks to an innate drive within all beings to assert and enhance their own vitality, power, and significance.

    6 min read

  8. Socratic Approach to Understanding Your Prospect

    In the high-stakes arena of B2B SaaS, a discovery call is more than just an introductory conversation; it’s an expedition into a prospect’s unique ecosystem of needs, pain points, and potential aspirations.

    4 min read

  9. Solving for X, Living for Now

    As we go through life, we often face really tough problems. These could be big questions about the universe or challenges in our own personal lives.

    7 min read

  10. The Symphony of the Universe

    Physics and ancient Indian wisdom may seem like an unlikely pair, but delve a bit deeper, and you’ll find intriguing parallels.

    4 min read

  11. The Universal Echoes of Human Thought: Tracing Humanity’s Shared Ideas

    Throughout history, cultures separated by vast distances and time have often arrived at strikingly similar symbols, structures, and ideas.

    3 min read

  12. The Power and Prism of History: A Reflection

    History isn’t just a timeline of events: it’s a rich tapestry of varied interpretations, molded by the perspectives of those recounting the tales.

    3 min read
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