Ramnath

I've been spending some time every day reflecting on an idea from Indian philosophy. I used digital poster-making as a tool for thinking. Here they are. Grateful to @StudioCarreras/@Domestika for inspiration. And to @krayker, @msharmas & @sriramvasan #IndianPhilosophyPosters

"As AI-powered search engines remove the need for people to trawl the web looking for sites with answers, they are stopping the flow of traffic· to those pages. Those lost visitors mean lost money. The danger is that, as answer-engines take readers away, they are removing the…

Writing tips from Lee Kuan Yew Write in clean, clear prose "I choose my words carefully – not elegant, not stylish, just clean, clear prose. It means simplifying, polishing and tightening." Simplify, simplify, simplify "Do not try to impress by big words – impress by the…

Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God. That fact is written all across human history; but it is written most plainly across that recent history of Communism.

"The world has never seen a government more radically libertarian than @JMilei's. But the amazing thing is not that it is working economically—Adam Smith would say, 'I told you so.' The true miracle is that Milei’s shock therapy is working politically."

New Yorkers will be able to use many Soviet jokes. Like when the furious guy leaves the long bread line to go shoot Brezhnev but comes back because the line to do that is even longer.

I recently came across Indian students going to Vietnam to study medicine and the colleges there charge them ₹4 lakh a year (about $4600) in fees. I am told the quality of education is good. Vietnam's GDP per capita is about $4700 and our southern states are at about the same…

📚 A list of books recommended / mentioned by @svembu Whenever I came across a book referenced by Sridhar Vembu (in speeches, interviews, tweets, blogs etc), I noted it down, and I now have a long list—likely a fraction of the books he’s read. Sharing the list for fellow book…

DIVYA DESHMUKH ENTERS THE FINAL! 🏆 The 19-year-old beat Tan Zhongyi to make it to the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 final. The win also secured her a Candidates 2026 spot. ▶️ bit.ly/4kYow14 #FIDEWorldCup

#TIL In Coimbatore, RS Puram and DB Road (its main street) are both named after Diwan Bahadur Rathna Sabapathi Muthaliyar, with the area reflecting his initials and the road honoring his title. (Dosa is from RS Puram Annapoorna, off DB Road 😋)

I believe that one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that in order to create something universal, you must pay very great attention to the specific. ~ Lorraine Hansberry

I remember reading allegations in 2016 about Trump having sex with underage girls. At the time I dismissed them, but the energy the administration has put into preventing the release of the Epstein files has convinced me there must be some truth in them.

Having a good intuition of aesthetics and if something makes sense or not is a generalizable ability; it sort of acts as an internal feedback mechanism in whatever skill you pick to learn. Having a non compartmentalized view of the world helps build this ability.

Gangai Konda Cholapuram in festive mood on the eve of the birthday of Rajendra Chola !

"@Zoho’s resilience was forged in crisis, but its future will depend on how it navigates a much bigger shift: the rise of AI...it’s forcing... Zoho to re-examine the very foundations of their product design, team productivity, and org knowledge." @rmnth foundingfuel.com/article/zohos-…

Here’s a nice Tamil word for QR code: விரைவுத்துலங்கிக்குறி Via Coimbatore District Central Library. They ask you to sign your name in Tamil (if you know the language) when you enter. Btw, did you know screwdrivers are commonly called திருகுளி in Coimbatore?

"The US president has the temperament and tools to hurt Musk’s empire. But on a list of risk factors to Elon Inc., Trump has to get in line behind Musk himself." bloomberg.com/news/features/…

A thread 🧵 ⬇️ - signed: an angry artist #NOAI