I am comfortable disagreeing with myself, and often see the other side of things
In search of meaning
An online trail of my journey in life, searching for meaning and truth about the world we live in, in order to understand how we can make a difference in the little time available to us. Disclaimer: Views, thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own, and may or may not reflect those of my employer or others.
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
💫 The nature of things 💞
Ultimately this will be the place where you may find some answers. When I find them, I promise to write them down for you here.
There are things that cannot be proven - you either see it that way, or you don't. Either way is fine. I cannot proof it, and I am not sure if anyone could - but I imagine that light ✨ "photons" can be modeled as binary particles revolving around each other ☯️
❄ Ultimately, everything is different ❄
Based on studying the works of Tarde and others, I now believe that ultimately, everything is different.
We simplify our world and treat things the same for convenience - but at some level of scale, you can always find diversity.
For example: the curvature of spacetime. For a long time people believed the earth was flat, because they couldn't really tell a difference within the scope of their human vision. The concept of a straight line only exists in Math - a movement in the reality of spacetime will never really have 0 displacement in 2 dimensions, and only displacement in a 3rd.
There are significant implications to this principle which will manifest themselves given a sufficiently large reference frame in spacetime. For example, a pair of photons ☯️ travelling together with a distance R between them; over time and space this distance would change, as there is a difference in potential/energy density between the photons (each is unique, they are not identical). The universe tends towards balance ⚖️.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
On discovering "the adjacent possible"
Today I serendipitously discovered the "adjacent possible", through the following series of events:
- I wrote an article on LinkedIn about analyzing the performance of complex human aggregations
- In a discussion with Tom Nolle he was talking about the changes in organizational strategies in response to COVID19; in my mind the phrase "change begets change" came up
- A Google search led me to the Understanding Innovation blog
- In the sideline of that blog, I found an article about "the adjacent possible"
- I watched the TED video by Vittorio Loreto
- I found the Nature article from 2014, read up on Polya's Urn
- I send a LinkedIn invite to Mr Loreto
- I wrote this blog post to track my path of discovery
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Finally paying attention
I said a few words, to my son at the breakfast table
His mood now seems different, for the day
As parents we wish the best for our children
Though they may not see it right away
I shared some slides, with colleagues on a call
My thoughts now officially recorded
The brilliance in my plans for them to see
Though somehow they seemed distorted
I presented a deal, in a building in New York
To an audience considering to invest
The neighborhood would never be the same
But no one had interest
I gave a speech, to the United Nations
My words full of meaning and sense
The people all smiling and laughing
Except their jokes came at my expense
I pressed a button, in a bunker below a mountain
A final act before my pension
And in that last moment on cable news
My world paid its final attention
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Open your eyes
A man opens the door of his car
Reaches inside to grab his license
Shots in the night, a cry, then silence
What was his color?
A headline in the news
Talking about self defense
They thought he was armed
In light of his color
Open up your eyes
Tell me that you see it now
Show me that you know the truth
When faced with all these lies
Open up your eyes
The difference between right and wrong
No matter if you're weak or strong
There is no other side
A family huddled close together
Hiding quietly in the dark
Border patrol lights flashing bright
Do they stay together?
A call to build more walls
To protect our families from harm
Making us great again
Cause patriots stand together
So open up your eyes
Tell me that you see it now
Show me that you know the truth
When faced with all these lies
Open up your eyes
The difference between right and wrong
No matter if you're red or blue
There is no other side
Water from a tap
Foul with metallic taste
A girl quenches her thirst
Is her family wealthy?
Great source of minerals
A temporary creative solution
Federal regulations were met
But now is not the time to discuss
So open up your eyes
Tell me that you see it now
Show me that you know the truth
When faced with all these lies
Open up your eyes
The difference between right and wrong
No matter whether weak or strong
There is no other side
Friday, November 27, 2020
The devil inside (October 2018)
He hides in plain sight
Always around, always to fight
Only in sleep we get respite
The devil inside
Day or night he tries
Always around, always inspite
Of good intentions and mind
The devil inside
A long feared call despite
Always caring, always tried
If only we could keep
The devil inside
Innocent child of mine
Always daring, always bright
Angry and frustrated, we fight
The devil inside