Learning German
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And learning more about ...
Great inventions - Gutenberg's printing press, Hertz' discovery of electromagnetic waves, Ehrlich's development of chemotherapy, Einstein's theory of relativity & Brandenburg's creation of the MP3 digital music format
and ……..
Writers - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse
Music - Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Strauss, and Wagner.
Architecture - Bauhaus movement, Dürer's woodcuts, expressionist masterpieces of Nolde, Kirchner, and Kokoschka.
Philosophy - Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche
Psychology - Freud and Jung
No wonder, this part of the world is the land of "Dichter und Denker" -- of poets and thinkers
Learning to fail is the hardest thing ...
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But this below has to be one of my favourite adverts of all time.
The oldest thing on Earth
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“The oldest thing on earth is smaller than a piece of human hair. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have determined that blue zircon crystals found in a remote part of Australia are 4.4 billion years old, just 160 million younger than the formation of our solar system.”
Old is Blue.
Getting Inspiration from Gandhi
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Monday, February 24 /
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive because your behavior become your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny."
Gita in a Nutshell
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Main Messages
1. LIVE AND ACT WITH LOVE AND PURPOSE,
DETACHING EGO FROM RESULTS
2. EXPERIENCE INFINITE WONDER IN ALL THINGS
3. FOCUS THE MIND
4. EACH OF US IS ALREADY INFINITELY WONDROUS.
5. Overcoming Obstacles
6. Yoga is Universal, Loving, and Direct
Shocking - There are more starving kids in India than all of Africa
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Something is terribly wrong and needs to be changed asap.
My Professional Network
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Apparently according to Linkedin. Matters greatly for a job and probably explains why I don’t have one right now.
Guess who added me on Facebook today...
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I don’t like Facebook. Not one bit, especially after it paid 19 billion for a single app. Still, today I got a request from someone I spent some nice walks on Columbia’s campus talking about econ and the world.
Edmund Phelps - 2006 Nobel Prize Winner and a former Professor who was teaching me on the day he won it.
The World inside America
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Sunday, February 9 /
This map is not adjusted for population but total GDP. The total GDP of US is $16.2 trillion. An interesting point is that the economy of California is bigger than Canada - this means the Governor of the Bear State can be considered a powerful person international affairs if California were an independent state.
(Find your own country)
Habits of the World’s Wealthiest People
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Thursday, February 6 /
I really like that a to-do list is used by almost everyone (including even billionaires). Another interesting point: Tokyo has the highest number of millionaire inhabitants in the world along with the highest number of Michelin restaurants as well.
TIME HAS COME TO MOVE TO JAPAN.
Homeopathy: An Unscientific Study of Medicine
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By Bhupendra Singh
This was written probably a couple of years ago by my grandfather, age 81 now, in India who by training is a physicist. I believe in science very much along with empirical testing and this even though has not been reviewed by an expert, I still thought it was important enough to publish it online and make my grandfather a very happy man.
No White Flags
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Sunday, February 2 /
I am no big fan of Microsoft but this advert is unbelievably touching. This year, like any other year, I will not watch Super Bowl and any other ads that come on it with the exception of this advert staring Steve Gleason. Technology is the cure.
