Hi, I’m Guru Padmanabhan, welcome to my digital home
“I am no Guru” is my blog.
My blogs are “Notes to Self”—a way to bookmark inspirations, learning, and random ponderings.
Studio Ghibli, the renowned Japanese animation studio founded in 1985 by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki, has captivated audiences worldwide with its distinct artistic vision.
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me.
Every single object in this universe is distinctly unique. A single strand of hair is enough to tell you are different from everyone else in this universe.
A run-away trolley is hurtling down the track, there are five people ahead on the track unaware of the situation. You are standing next to a railway switch, you can switch the trolley to the side track. However, there is one person on the side track.
The Industrial Revolution brought employment stability until retirement. Today, job security is uncertain, and younger generations face housing affordability challenges.
Overconcentration in a few stocks is not a recent phenomenon, the US stock market has often been even more concentrated. in the past.
According to Bryan Taylor of Finaeon, market concentration has evolved through seven distinct phases, each driven by major economic shifts.
Growth in individuals and nations stems from the flow of capital, talent, and raw materials.
Great minds throughout history possessed growth mindsets—always consuming new ideas, learning, trying, failing, and endlessly repeating the cycle.
Because AI isn’t a fortune teller—it’s a learned history professor.
AI systems have absorbed humanity's recorded knowledge – our documents, audio, and video – but they inherit our limitations in predicting the future.
Learn Every Day: Go to bed smarter than when you woke up. Continuous learning is the key to success: Knowledge compounds like interest. Just as compound interest grows wealth exponentially over time, accumulated knowledge multiplies your ability to think critically and make better decisions.