Monthly Archives: October 2009

Indulge with Moderation

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

If you desire wealth…but do not dare to plunge into the struggle for wealth for fear of the world… your mind, nonetheless, will be running day and night after money. So plunge into the world and fulfill all your desires. Until that [time], it is impossible for you to come to the state of calmness, [...]

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“Dharma, protected, protects”

Monday, October 19, 2009

I found G’s comment on the “Must Hindus believe in God?” thread very thought-provoking, and given that comments get unwieldy after a certain point, I wanted to take the time to respond to it using a full blog post.
First of all, I’m not entirely certain that  ”the larger good can probably be defined in terms of each person following [...]

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Hacking Life

Saturday, October 17, 2009

The noted technologist and entrepreneur Paul Buchheit recently wrote an philosophical blog post on what he calls “hacking”.  He writes:
“Every system has two sets of rules: The rules as they are intended or commonly perceived, and the actual rules (“reality”). In most complex systems, the gap between these two sets of rules is huge.”
Hacking, then, [...]

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