Inverted Passion

Be passionate about the territory, not the map

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  • Composing โœ๏ธ essays on various topics: 200+ Twitter Threads
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Finished projects:

  • Hackathon towards mitigating Covid-19’s impact on India: Coronathon

Essays with most visits

  • How money works
  • How to avoid cognitive bias
  • The real use of money is to buy freedom
  • What does the Bhagavad Gita teach
  • Why are scientists paid so little
  • Time is not running out
  • On becoming a leader in 10 hard steps
  • Biases in product design
  • Why value based pricing is not a good way to set prices
  • Types of network effects
  • Professional and personal life success

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Recent essays

  • Think from first principles before you Google (or ask ChatGPT)
  • Bye 2022. Hello 2023.
  • Stop assuming that your customers want things that you want
  • Ask people what they did, not what they will do
  • Never ask your friends or family if they like your idea
  • Always seek disconfirmatory evidence
  • Map is not the territory
  • Youโ€™re probably not a good leader (because being that is hard)

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