notyme

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by notyme 8y ago
Nicely put and here is a tweet from one who has put one of the largest "dents" of our times Jeff Bezos[0] who quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson as: >Love this quote. It’s been on my fridge for years, and I see it every time I open the
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by notyme 8y ago
Just look at the advertising and lobbying spending of sugar industry to gauge their power over population's discretionary spending.Also, bulk of their marketing spend is during cartoon programming of kids, "catch'em young&quo
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by notyme 8y ago
> you are just showing that you have the power to do it (by burning that power) This is so true for mate selection in animal kingdom e.g. the gelada baboon male[0] has a bright red spot on its chest and females choose the male with brigh
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by notyme 8y ago
The total count of human warriors participating in Mahabharata was approximately 3,936,600[0]. Of which less than 10 warriors survive the devastating war. Five Pandavas, Lord Krishna, Ashwatthama, Kripacharya etc. >Barbarik The character
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by notyme 8y ago
You deleted your previous question while I was composing... >1. Why did Krishna guide Arjun to kill Kaurawa? After Pandavas completed their 13 years of exile imposed by Kauravas and demanded for half of the kingdom which was rightfully t
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by notyme 8y ago
It is tragic that being "devout hindu" has turned into "Us vs. Them" when in fact hindu religion advocates universality for all living beings (chetana) even non-living (jada) but the profound lessons are conveniently ove
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by notyme 8y ago
In a symbiotic relationship who is the host and who is the parasite, your post reminded me of an old story themed "host or parasite" from here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5lLxJWew7E&t=13:30
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by notyme 8y ago
I began appreciating boredom for its on sake after reading this article https://hbr.org/2010/06/why-i-returned-my-ipad years ago and since then I consciously avoid trying to be "productive" during commut
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by notyme 9y ago
In the movie,The Insider (1999) a Big Tobacco CEO says "We are in the nicotine delivery business", substituting nicotine to dopamine and you have your Tencent and Facebook. They now are increasingly targeting women for social medi
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by notyme 9y ago
We seriously underestimate the importance of boredom. I used to be like OP,constantly seeking stimulation/engagement with either books/mobile when bored but reading this https://hbr.org/2010/06/why-i-retu