Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Is History Just a Series of Successful Accidents?
I read John Green’s brilliant and heartfelt book Everything is Tuberculosis. The way he weaves history, events and tuberculosis in a narrative about the struggles of a boy and his family – just made me sit up and think. It reinforced a realization I’ve long held: that everything is, in fact, everything. I have always…
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Growing up is being able to accept that things WILL change
Image generated by AI tools using this article as a prompt Spring is here. And with it comes change in clothes, smells, scenery and food. It also reminded me of some things that will never come back. Every year, there will be something or someone that will not see the new spring season. Your kids…
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All this for just a line on your CV..
You are awake till late night. You answer your boss’s call early morning still, miss going out with your kids that day. Your boss tells you you are great, you are awesome. Then your boss starts his preparation to impress his boss. Takes your work, adds a layer of complexity by combining with a larger…
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Asur Season 2: The Indian mythological thriller is contradictory, full of plot-holes but binge-worthy
Asur is an Indian mythological fantasy thriller series. Season 2 was released on 1st June, 2023. Plot: Asur revolves around a child prodigy – genius – who considers himself an Asur (Demon), an incarnation of Kali (the demon in Kali Yuga (Modern times). His aim is to show society how failed are it’s morals and…
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How to be truly original ? Steal Like an Artist Book review
I really like the quote. Steal like an artist. Like his previous book, Show your work, Austin Kleon debunks a lot of myths about originality and inspires you to steal from your heroes. The main argument of the book is, no idea is original. Everybody is inspired from other sources. Do not steal exact content…
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How to read more books and why you should?
Let me clarify. Reading more books will not make you smarter or richer overnight. There is no number (e.g. 50 per year or 100 per year) which will instantly make you Elon Musk. No. of books read is a vanity metric which frankly doesn’t matter. Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash In order to read…
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If only you changed your perspective..
Sources:1. What to Photograph When There’s Nothing to Photograph (Youtube)
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Book review
The diary of Naval is divided into two major sections – his thoughts on wealth creation and his thoughts on happiness, mediation, life, science, and philosophy. Noticeably short and practical book. Infinitely usable and inspiring. It will change you in some way for sure. It is available for free on his website to download and…
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Show Your Work! Book Review
Show Your Work! is one of those books that gets recommended a lot by creatives, or in the life changing books section. Now I can see why! The book is short, very to-the-point, no fluff, useful insights on every page. You can see that these can also be blog posts, but all the chapters do…
Got any book recommendations?