Books
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Simplicity is Refined Essence: The Illusion of Complexity
“People think that complex is an advanced state of complicated. It is not.A car key is simple. A car is complicated. A car in traffic is complex.”— Zoran Perkov, Head of Technology Operations at IEX, as quoted in Flash Boys by Michael Lewis There’s something quietly profound about this quote. On the surface, it describes Continue reading
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Orwell’s Mirror
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”— George Orwell, 1984 Few lines in literature are as haunting as this one. Orwell didn’t just write a story about the future — he wrote a mirror for every age where truth begins to tremble. In his world, contradiction becomes doctrine. War keeps the people united, Continue reading
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The Last Dawn
(a fiction story) The old man sat by the frozen cliffs of Antarctica, staring at the endless horizon. Twenty years had passed since the Great War, though no one really counted time anymore. Time had died with the cities, the skyscrapers, the stock exchanges, and the buzzing clocks that once ruled men’s lives. Beside him Continue reading
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Reading Books = Prosperity
A traditional thinker might say that reading books equals wisdom. I agree—but I prefer to equate reading books with prosperity. “Wisdom” is a sweet word, but “prosperity” has a certain allure that seduces the ear. The truth is, both are important, and reading is essential to a happy, meaningful life. After all, happiness springs from Continue reading
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Why Real Understanding Still Lives Between the Pages
In an era where information is just a click away and debates unfold in real-time across screens, forming an opinion seems easier than ever. News articles, vlogs, blogs — all flood our feeds, each claiming to deliver the full picture. But I’ve learned that true understanding rarely comes from these fast-flowing streams. It comes from Continue reading
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Time is all we have
Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture is an inspirational memoir that left a lasting impact on me. A professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch delivered this lecture while battling terminal pancreatic cancer, distilling his life’s wisdom into a message that continues to resonate with readers worldwide. I first read this book shortly after Continue reading
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Silicon-Based Life: A Sci-Fi Perspective
So, what have I been engaging my thoughts with of late? I’ve been visualizing an intriguing question raised by many past researchers: Is silicon-based life possible? As carbon-based life forms, we are the product of four strong covalent bonds, which enable us to create long chains and complex molecules like DNA. Carbon is the backbone Continue reading
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