Even Flow
Image: source In the past few months, I happened to come across some books and a lot of articles around habits. What at least some of us who struggle to build a good habit (or…
Category: The known unknown
The ‘Sample Size of One’ Concept Simplified
Given my growing interest in behavioural science and behavioural economics, when there was quite some news about the replication crisis in the field, it got me wondering if there might be a better way to…
What Might Automotive Lights Look Like in Future?
When it comes to automotive light designs, a few occasionally catch your eye. Like the sweeping indicator lights from some years ago. Those still are impressive. I think Audi SUVs were among the first to…
Counterintuitiveness – Psyched vs Calm
Pic: source Counterintuitive Series: Psyched vs Calm Counterintuitiveness makes life more interesting. It also briefly reveals gaps or lags in our understanding or mindsets. From time to time, life demands that we get charged for…
Counterintuitiveness – Babies Resisting Sleep
Counterintuitive Series: Babies resisting sleep Counterintuitiveness makes life more interesting. It also briefly reveals gaps or lags in our understanding or mindsets. This particular one is a hypothesis and not an example (yet at least),…
Counterintuitiveness – Unhurried Conversations
image: source Counterintuitiveness – Unhurried conversations Counterintuitiveness makes life more interesting. It also briefly reveals gaps or lags in our understanding or mindsets. Some weeks ago, I chanced upon a virtual session titled "Unhurried Conversations…
Counterintuitiveness – Pre-rinsing Dishes
Counterintuitiveness makes life more interesting. It also briefly reveals gaps or lags in our understanding or mindsets. A recent article, and probably many before that, states how pre-rinsing dishes before putting them in the dishwasher…
In Hope of a Better World
Pic: source In light of the current Russian war on Ukraine, and similar tensions and wars over the past decades that have left thousands dead, millions homeless and helpless.. here's stating some obvious thoughts that…
Sample Size of One: Towards a Possible Solution
This post explores an alternative to fix the replication crisis (particularly in the behavioural science and economics fields, and if relevant, in other fields too). This post is in continuation to an earlier post titled…
Sample Size of One: The Rose Negotiations
Image: source The Replication Crisis is an ongoing crisis where it has been difficult or impossible to reproduce findings of scientific studies. The field of behavioural science too, has had its challenges with replicating past…
CoHid
Two days ago, I was reminded of a Medium post I had read in the early days of the pandemic. One of the interesting things about it, was that the author attempted to understand and…
Don’t Worry, Nothing’ll Happen
What was missing before and during the 2007-08 global financial meltdown, and during the Covid-19 pandemic? Or during the Spanish Flu? Or in Nazi Germany? Something that perhaps could have prevented the resulting tragedies? …
Bitcoin
Bitcoin, Bit(e)coin I'll start by saying that I clearly don't know much about cryptocurrency. I'll also add that it would be incredibly beneficial to have a global currency that works securely without the need…
How much Attention do you pay to Detail?
How much attention do you pay to detail? I had read about this somewhere and found the attention to detail unimaginably inspiring. The sculpture of Moses by Italian Renaissance artist, Michelangelo Buonarroti has a slight…
Invade for Better Climate
Random musings. Every once in a while, mom would pester me to explore opportunities abroad. Canada in particular for some reason. And between my love for an imaginary idea called 'India', familiarity and…