Kolashkar
@KathitAnjaria
Cautiously Optimistic
Don’t worry about being happy, just focus on cultivating the conditions for its arrival: walk somewhere, run someplace, eat something healthy, lift something heavy, read something good, write something down happiness will take care of itself
what's a beginner hobby for someone just getting into being happy
The infinite amusement glitch that DFW wrote about in Infinite Jest seemed like science fiction in 1996. Now they are called ‘smartphones’ and every 10 year old has one.
The first Wimbledon men's final without one of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, or Murray since 2002!
Fascinating @tylercowen podcast, in which you’ll learn that @taylorswift13 wasn’t the first to change / re-record original work due to ownership / financial issues. Stravinsky did it way back when with Firebird! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/con…
To experience time travel, read. To achieve immortality, write.
The first article in my series about what makes India unique is up! Substack: buff.ly/2lhJns2, Medium: buff.ly/x8wF3tj
Ok, a few reflections on the book: 1. qntm defines antimemes as self-erasing information, but this book has a different (but related) definition of the concept: antimemes are (a) high-impact and (b) low transmissibility. Roughly, they are "important secrets". 2. The low…
Reading @nayafia’s latest. Incredibly good.
In an act of mad bravado, @ajay_shah & I decided to predict what the world will be like in 2050. Of course we will be wrong! But who will remember? 🤓 This episode was mad fun to do. Please watch, like, share, subscribe! youtube.com/watch?v=19Z2Yc…
Ignore the pessimists – we are living through a literary golden age Literature is booming. Literary culture needs to catch up. newstatesman.com/culture/books/…
Patient: What can I do to be healthier? Doctor: Eat less and exercise more. Patient: Er, is there anything else? Would-be Founder: What should I do if I want to start a startup? Me: Learn to program. Would-be Founder: Er, is there anything else?
On a viewer-minute adjusted basis, I host the Sarah Paine podcast, where I sometimes also talk about AI. I'm very excited to announce a new 6-part in-person lecture series with her in San Francisco in July. We're giving the tickets away for free. Links below.
It's been a complicated couple of months. Wrote about my mother, whom I miss: hyperbola86.blogspot.com/2025/06/forget…