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Laks Vajjhala
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Jun 24, 2021

Jeff Bezos FIREd

Well, not Exactly I admit it seems like a click bait title but, if you are a regular reader of this Blog or if you are a follower of the FIRE ‘movement’ then it comes as no surprise. FIRE — stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early. I have written extensively about what FIRE…

Jeff Bezos

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Jeff Bezos FIREd
Jeff Bezos FIREd
Jeff Bezos

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May 10, 2021

Heart of Klara : From Kazuo Ishiguro’s — Klara and the Sun

Spoiler Alert: This article contains my thoughts on the book which gives out spoilers. I loved the book and highly recommend reading it. (non-affiliated link) Klara is an AF The Novel is set in the future and has a lot of scientific elements. The core scientific concept that is explored in depth is that…

Artificial Intelligence

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Heart of Klara : From Kazuo Ishiguro’s — Klara and the Sun
Heart of Klara : From Kazuo Ishiguro’s — Klara and the Sun
Artificial Intelligence

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Mar 15, 2021

THIS is Enlightenment

Disclaimer — the most important disclaimer is the fact that I am not Enlightenment by any definition and neither am I anywhere along the path striving for it. If anything I might be moving away from Enlightenment in the pursuit of Financial Independence. …

Enlightenment

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THIS is Enlightenment
THIS is Enlightenment
Enlightenment

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Oct 27, 2020

The Diderot Effect and How to Manage it?

Diderot Effect takes its name from Denis Diderot an 18th Century French Philosopher. To be more specific, the idea originates from the essay titled ‘Regrets on parting with my Old Dressing Gown’. In his essay Diderot talks about how an unexpected gift of an expensive dressing gown caused him financial…

Diderot

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The Diderot Effect and How to Manage it?
The Diderot Effect and How to Manage it?
Diderot

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Sep 12, 2020

Why Zebras don’t get Ulcers? — My notes

[This article was first published on happypathfire.com my blog on Personal Finance] Although I mostly write about Finance on this website, I feel this is one ‘apparent’ exception, where I write about Human Behavioral Psychology. I call this exception ‘apparent’ because I believe every long-term personal project depends a lot…

Stress

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Why Zebras don’t get Ulcers? — My notes
Why Zebras don’t get Ulcers? — My notes
Stress

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Aug 4, 2020

Aamis — The Ravening; A story of Carnal Love

Spoiler Alert! — The rest of this article has spoilers. I would highly recommend watching the movie before reading on. Aamis, literally translates to Meat in Assamese. Aamis is the title of an Assamese movie written and directed by Bhaskar Hazarika. Innocent Beginnings Nirmali is a doctor and a lonely wife and…

Aami

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Aamis — The Ravening; A story of Carnal Love
Aamis — The Ravening; A story of Carnal Love
Aami

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Jun 19, 2020

Learning to Fly

There’s no sensation compared to this….. -Pink Floyd First time is the Best time Unlike most people perhaps, I can very distinctly remember my first time. I was Twenty-two years old. Not too young, not too old. I was nervous but also tremendously excited. …

Airlines

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Learning to Fly
Learning to Fly
Airlines

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Jun 11, 2020

Are you too Old for Financial Independence?

I am 40 years old and have two young kids both under five years of age. I travelled and did a lot of soul searching in my 20s , trying to find the right career blah blah. Other than 200,000$s in my home equity I have no significant savings. …

Financial Independence

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Are you too Old for Financial Independence?
Are you too Old for Financial Independence?
Financial Independence

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Mar 14, 2020

DON’T PANIC!!! Covid-19 and what it means to your FIRE journey

The recent few weeks have been devastating for investors all over the world. Even the Major indices like the Dow and S&P 500 have lost well over 10% from their peaks. Individual stocks, especially in tourism and transport have almost halved in price. It seems like we are close to…

Pandemic

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DON’T PANIC!!! Covid-19 and what it means to your FIRE journey
DON’T PANIC!!! Covid-19 and what it means to your FIRE journey
Pandemic

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Mar 14, 2020

Corona Virus — Should you be worried about your Investments?

What is the Corona Virus Outbreak? In late 2019 and early 2020 a new Corona Virus infection originated in the city of Wuhan in China. The ability of the virus to spread rapidly from human to human is causing global panic. Governments are imposing severe restrictions on any travel to China and also within China. …

Covid-19

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Corona Virus — Should you be worried about your Investments?
Corona Virus — Should you be worried about your Investments?
Covid-19

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