life shifts when we commit consciously to where we live (and to all things, really). optimizing endlessly for optionality doesn’t serve you. what serves you is figuring out what you connect with and then *choosing* it. committing to it. my essay on this: read.mindmine.xyz/p/commit
whenever i get rejected from something i think of carol greider getting rejected for an nih grant the same day she won the nobel prize for the same research
chinese farmer n all
whenever i get rejected from something i think of carol greider getting rejected for an nih grant the same day she won the nobel prize for the same research
chinese farmer n all
lowkey the anthropic nyc popup hype is proof a lot of tech people have never been invited to a fashion week event or a real brand activation before
key word being invited
sometimes i get really impatient bc i wanna meet my soulmate NOW. we only have limited time on this earth, so i just wish it could happen soon to maximise the time together. but these things can’t be rushed and all in good time but gosh could it be soon maybe @ universe
the most nyc thing just happened to me sitting in the middle of soho on a bench taking my therapy call and casey neistat comes on his electric bike and sits next to me to eat his lunch
This is why I really do feel for Gen Z. This young woman was told her whole life by every authority figure that she should study hard, do well in school, and pursue a career in tech. She went to Purdue, one of the best engineering schools in the country. She studied computer
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The New York Times article here—which is about the effects of AI, not immigration—ends by revealing that the interview subject is gainfully employed in tech sales.
nytimes.com/2025/08/10/tec…
this was almost me -- but i approached it a little differently
when i left my job, i didn’t jump into building right away. i spent the first 4–5 months just studying full-time -- and the first 6 weeks writing a personal manifesto to name what i was actually looking for. and then
It's getting uncanny how many friends I've seen:
1) Quit their job to "figure out what's next"
2) Spend 12-24 months hopping between ideas, but nothing feels quite right
3) End up (a) getting a job very similar to their previous one, or (b) becoming a "writer on the internet"
got my O1 visa a few months ago!
just recorded a podcast sharing the full immigration story
from india -> canada -> the UK → three TNs to the US -> finally, the O1
endless gratitude to the advisors, collaborators, and institutions who helped me get here:
@komorama
Today's episode left me with a bittersweet feeling.
Canada keeps losing its best and brightest to the south of the border. It sucks because we aren't just losing talent. We are losing the future. And it's a worrying trend that seems to be accelerating by the day.
We talk a big
