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.
Jobs recounted a conversation he had with an elderly gentleman who was about 80 years old and had worked for AT&T.
1. Access to education
In medieval Europe, the Church controlled most centers of learning, like monasteries, cathedral schools, and early universities (e.g., Oxford, Bologna).
"The stock market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient." A classic reminder that frantic reactions to declines are often counterproductive.
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.