I like

I like light food that’s easy on the body.  I like machines that don’t make people wait.  I like machines that are predictable.  I like people who are happy.  I like people who think deep.  I like people who keep talking.  I like dogs... and cats, and monkeys, and wolves, and elephants too.  I like novels that are honest.  I like tunes that we wake up remembering.  I like long desert roads.  I like windy hill roads.  I like shady village roads.  I like girls who look pretty.  I like people who are beautiful inside.  I like sleeping on the floor.  I like sleeping 9 hours a day.  I like being awake for longer than a day.  I like repairing broken things.  I like buying gifts for people.  I secretly like walking to work in rain.  I am blessed, for blessed are those whose days are filled with things they like.

Writing - 2

I just started writing a blog post supporting the restrictions Apple imposes on its products and users.  Halfway through, I rediscovered my disagreement to what Apple does.

This is why I write.  The fuzzy ideas in my head solidify as I write them down.  Often, I’d start writing with some opinion, and I’d have a different opinion when I complete the post.  Paul Graham says that writing is a tool for better thinking; he’s right.

Indians and their arranged marriages

Just a random thought.  When so many Indians are fine with someone else deciding their wife/husband, how can we expect them to be assertive about other things in life that they’re less concerned about?

Criticisms like “we don’t care enough to vote for the right candidate in elections” are nothing new.  If we are willing to live with a partner that’s assigned to us, won’t we naturally be fine under pretty much any government that’s assigned to us?

Bad choices

When you choose one from two suboptimal options, you will be unhappy irrespective of what you choose.  Thinking later that the option you didn’t choose may have been a better one is not productive.  You chose what you chose; just accept it.

Predators and scavengers

Some people are of the “predator” class.  They do big stuff, and they don’t (and can’t) care about small stuff.  And there are people of the “scavenger” class who do the small stuff that the predators didn’t do.

Apple, for example, is a predator.  They make devices like iPhone and iPad that people want to buy.  But the devices often only go 90% of the way.  The remaining 10% needs are served by accessory manufacturers.  People who make hundreds of cases and speakers and all kinds of supplements.  In the system we have, all pieces are important: the predator, the scavengers, and the rest (those who buy things).

Whether you are a scavenger or a predator is determined by several factors, but I believe culture is an important one.  Countries like China or India don’t have as many entrepreneurs as we see in some other countries.  (Being a scavenger is not necessarily a bad thing... after all, their without their contributions the predators won’t have the success they have today.)

What I am wondering about is, how hard it would be for a scavenger to start playing predator.  All my life I have been focusing on small stuff, so I know I’m a scavenger.  But I have this desire to transform into a predator... someone that creates jobs for others rather than someone who finds jobs.  Until now I haven’t found any clue how I can make the switch.  But I’m kinda thinking I’ll eventually figure it out... by copying other predators.  I have a few around me :)