Why Your Empathy is Dying
Before I compiled concrete reasons why our Empathy levels drop, my instinct said, “Yeah, of course it’ll drop, empathy takes effort, and we don’t like …
Why even the smartest believe misinformation
Over 72% people are exposed to misinformation at least once a month on social media, according to this detailed list of statistics[1]. If you think …
Why we need Wabi-Sabi in a post-AI world
Wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) is a Japanese concept of accepting beauty in imperfection. These imperfections are very human in nature – rough edges, clumsiness, asymmetry, unpolished finishing, etc. …
You’ve been Thinking with your Body
I will introduce 5 psychological discoveries about how elegantly our body is connected to the mind. Our special brand of cognition (thinking and thinking processes) …
We are in The Speed Economy… Now What?
Will you be happy if your food delivery took just one minute? Not because it was cooked faster with pre-processed ingredients, but because future technology …
BrainROT, REELationships, and The DM Verse
Think of social media as making soup. Most users are stirring the pot. Some users are adding ingredients. The pot stirrers effectively keep social media …
AI Alignment should be our Prime Concern
What happens when our greatest creation outsmarts us – not maliciously, but by giving us exactly what we think we want?” A 2-tiered trust issue …
Where does our Sense of Beauty come from?
Whoever engages with the beautiful has a good soul. Emmanuel Kant said something like that. Hegel said the art we create transcends the beauty of …
Is AI making us smarter Or dumber?… Or artificially smarter? (AI symbiotic crisis)
I’ve been thinking about memes. 2 years ago, I called meme templates, meme phrases, and reel content outsourced cognition – borrowing others’ structured thoughts. Using …
Art & Science of Improvisation: Work, Music, Cooking, Everything
Make a square without using squares, lines, or rectangles. This is the essence of improvisation. I looked at the rule – make a square without …
How do we humanize products & brands? [Science + Branding tips]
Annie gets mad and breaks a pen in front of her friends. No one feels bad for the pen. Alyssa breaks a pen she lovingly …
Curiosity: The Endless Pit of Discovery and Wonder
Eleanor and her archeological team were digging near the Gobekli Tepe Temple ruins in 2005. Using the most advanced earth-penetrating drills, they had managed to …
Unlock a “value system” for relationships [w/ Prompts]
We speak of “relationship values”. But something like a value is hard to explain, and yet a couple knows if their values match or not. …
Logic needs meaning, but there’s a catch (proof from apes)
I explore how humans need context and meaning for logical thinking. Without context, we aren’t able to use even the simplest of logical thoughts. And …
You need Psychological Capital for work & life well-being
Like having wealth which is financial capital, there is psychological capital which is mental wealth that we can tap into for a better life. Psychological …
5 Philosophical Razors can help us Explain the Unknown
Philosophical razors are general problem-solving and decision-making strategies that help us find and choose explanations when there is limited information. Why did Ethan ignore Rajesh’s …