For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the world around me and the complex interplay of ideas that shape our understanding of it. I take great pleasure in exploring ideas from fresh angles and challenging conventional wisdom, and I believe that doing so is essential to personal and intellectual growth.
Through my posts here, I aim to share some of the topics that captivate my imagination and inspire me to think deeply.
Gardner vs Carpenter
Life’s Antifragile Nature and The Pursuit of Perfection. In 2018, I found myself listening to an NPR interview with Alison Gopnik, an author and guest on the show. She introduced an intriguing analogy from her book—the Gardener and the Carpenter—that gave a fresh perspective on parenting styles. This concept resonated deeply with me. I’ve expanded this concept beyond parenting, finding its relevance in various aspects of life. Life offers a myriad of philosophies and paths…
Keep readingThe Compounding Effect: Simple Rules and Intuitions
Recurring investment can grow to approximately 100 times in the 30-years period, assuming a 7% interest rate. Keep in mind that actual interest rates may fluctuate, leading to final values higher or lower than 100 times the initial amount. At the heart of the “100 times in 30 Years” concept lies the power of exponential growth. Exponential growth occurs when a quantity increases by a fixed percentage over regular intervals, creating a snowball effect that…
Keep readingFree Will Resolved?
Computational Irreducibility and the Illusion of Freedom. The free will debate grapples with the question of whether individuals possess the ability to make autonomous choices, or if our decisions are solely the product of external influences, such as the laws of physics and causality. In recent years, the notion of computational irreducibility has emerged as an intriguing argument in this ongoing discussion, offering a new perspective on the relationship between determinism and the appearance of…
Keep readingFinding Profit in Chaos: Can you Leverage Market Inefficiencies
Let’s start by asking: are markets really efficient?Let’s consider a hypothetical situation involving two distant planets, Planet A and Planet B, which are engaged in interplanetary trade. They are separated by a vast distance, and information can only travel between them at the speed of light. On Planet A, there’s a large and thriving market for a valuable resource called “Unobtainium.” Investors on both planets actively trade shares of companies that mine and process Unobtainium.…
Keep readingWhy the Universe?
Lets argue on the lines of the anthropic principle, which suggests that the observed properties of the universe are the way they are because, if they were different, we wouldn’t be here to observe them. In other words, our existence as observers implies that certain conditions must be met for the universe to support life as we know it. One way to argue that the existence of the universe is not mysterious is to consider…
Keep readingOn Modern Monetary Theory
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is an economic paradigm that offers a fresh perspective on the nature of money, the role of government, and the dynamics of fiscal and monetary policy. It invites us to contemplate the essence of value and the social contract, while pushing the boundaries of conventional economic thought. At the heart of MMT lies the abstraction of money itself. Money, as MMT posits, is not a finite commodity but a social construct…
Keep readingA Layman’s Guide to the Quest for Understanding in Physics and Cosmology
Physics and cosmology can be seen as a grand quest to uncover the hidden patterns that govern our universe. It’s a journey to understand the symphony of existence, which ranges from the smallest particles to the grandest galaxies. Imagine, if you will, a grand cosmic symphony. This symphony contains a vast range of notes – some so high they are barely audible, others so deep they rumble in our chests. Each phenomenon we observe, from…
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Amit Yadav 