by Soundarya | Feb 15, 2021 | General Information, How To's, Technology
Recently, I was watching an interview by Sam Alman, the CEO of OpenAI and former President of YCombinator, where he touched upon a dozen topics, two of which were “experimentation” and “productivity.” He says [about the culture at...
by Soundarya | Feb 5, 2021 | General Information, How To's
Language, fundamentally, is a lossy form of communication. Executing it via a medium like email only makes it worse. Figure: Communication speed in the digital brain era. Source: Wait But Why. Sadly, until the Elon Musks of the world build a neurotech...
by Soundarya | Dec 18, 2020 | General Information, Life
About two months ago, I biked to Ocean Beach in San Francisco to spend the evening. As I sat there and watched the water gently lap the shore, I had the urge to listen to a book on Audible. Wanting to seize the moment, I opened it to read Shantaram, a 42 hour...
by Soundarya | Dec 18, 2020 | General Information, Life
When was the last time you opened up to someone about the most sacred moments from your past in an uninterrupted, non-judgemental setting filled with intent listening and empathy? For me, it was yesterday. A work-related call with a good friend yesterday turned...
by Soundarya | Oct 25, 2020 | General Information, Life
I made the decision to attend the Women in Product 2020 Virtual Conference just a few days before the conference itself. Until then, I was on the fence about the value of a virtual conference. But, curiosity took over, and I wanted to see it for myself. Before...
by Soundarya | Oct 2, 2020 | General Information, Technology
I learned that the term Stockholm Syndrome came from an incident that happened in 1972 in a bank in Stockholm, Sweden. Four employees of a bank were held hostage by two captors for six days. In the end, after the police caught the captors, none of the hostages...
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