by Soundarya | Mar 20, 2020 | General Information, Neuroscience
Using Notion and Roam for GTD, Zettelkasten, and Progressive Summarization. When I think about my childhood, only a few memories come to mind. Practicing for a dance show that my friends and I hosted every year for our 20 or so neighbors in a suburb....
by Soundarya | Mar 13, 2020 | General Information, Neuroscience
I never imagined living through a global pandemic like the coronavirus. I was too young to remember both the dot com and the housing collapse (or maybe the effects of it weren’t too pronounced in my location in India). But the past few months, and more so the...
by Soundarya | Mar 4, 2020 | General Information, Neuroscience
How our brain has evolved in consuming and retrieving information. Recently, I was reading about the day in the life of celebrities. Don’t ask me why. It led me to reach two conclusions: first, I wouldn’t ever want to be a celebrity’s assistant, and...
by Soundarya | Feb 17, 2020 | General Information, Neuroscience
How the rise of information overload gave rise to FOMO and the need for mindful consumption. What does Tim Urban and William Zinsser have in common? They both can take a piece of extremely convoluted topic and produce something that is a joy to read by...
by Soundarya | Feb 3, 2020 | General Information, Neuroscience
Why we always tend to focus on the negative, and how to overcome that. About ten days ago, I was pondering over the question of why humans tend to overly focus on the negative and why a single offensive comment can ruin our day. I didn’t have to ponder...
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