Author: Mr. E
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Time is Not What You Think!
I was watching a lecture by Italian theoretical physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli, who wrote the amazing book “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics”. He explained why the time we experience in day to day life works fine but it breaks…
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Does God play dice with the universe?
Exactly 100 years ago, in 1925, there was a legendary scientific argument between two of the most brilliant physicists of all time, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Bohr had already received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his…
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The Science of Listening to Your Body
I was doing high-intensity training for 5 days, then took 2 days for recovery when I got an infection and had to go on antibiotics. The question in my head was should I stop training because of the antibiotics? I…
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Game Theory #2: The Accelerate Dilemma or Axelrod Game Theory
Remember my blog post about the Prisoner’s Dilemma (Game Theory #1)? That was about a one-time event where prisoners have to make a choice. But in real life, we go through a series of repeated events like repeated Prisoner’s Dilemmas.…
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Jewelry doesn’t want an owner who rushes
Jewelry wants someone who sees her every day, admires her, values her deeply, and quietly hopes to have her one day. Her beauty is her power and as long as she’s not owned, that beauty shines freely. But once she’s…
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The Future of Data Centers: Blockchain-Based Cloud Computing
I remember building a server room for our company 20 years ago. Back then, the vibe was all about cloud computing being the future. You’d hear it everywhere: “Everything will be on the cloud soon.” Now, 18 years since AWS…
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Game Theory #1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma
In 1950, two mathematicians named Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher developed a model which was later formalized and popularized by Albert W. Tucker. That model is now known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. What is that? imagine two prisoners who are…
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It’s NOT a Good Time to Be a Startup Founder
The tech startup environment has shifted, and what used to work for entrepreneurs no longer applies. But why? 1. AI Is a Game for Giants – Not Small Players As someone inside these giants, I’ve seen every AI-related startup idea…
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The most beautiful look before disappearance
Looking outside, a view of two different trees: one evergreen, the other glowing in autumn probably a Maple. Zooming into the details, I see one standing there for a long time, always green, not changing, not falling, consistently fresh, predictable.…
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I’d do anything to…
“I’d do anything to become a millionaire… to buy a Lamborghini… to make it to the White House…” Every time I hear someone say that, the first thought that crosses my mind is: At what cost? Because saying “I’d do…
