thought for the day
I don’t know if I’m just repeating something I’d heard long ago… but this struck me today…
If you’re not getting enough out of life, it means you’re not giving enough of yourself.
When Descartes said “I think, therefore I am”, I wonder if he could extend it to AI saying “it thinks, therefore it is” 😉
When I was a kid and used to grow vertically I used to stand straight against a wall where my Dad had drawn a vertical line. He’d hold a ruler above my head to mark it with a dash and write the date inspite of my mom’s complaints about not dirtying the wall. So later…
When someone is reading a book, I’ve this habit of borrowing for a second and flipping through it and returning it. In one such instance a few years ago, I’d come across a “serene prayer” of three lines. I was so impressed that I later on googled for the exact words and put them down…
Recently I came across an article about a Police Inspector, who had received quite a few medals in his name from his office, had a family – wife and kids, and a nice big house. All signs of what we conventionally consider as success. The article said that after some altercation with his wife, he’d…
Yesterday evening’s rain was phenomenal – they were the strongest winds I’d ever seen. From our 10th floor the view of the neighbouring building looked like a waterfall, with water flowing horizontally, it was an amazing sight! I had closed our window because the water usually comes in through it, but I had not known…
Nowadays Einstein’s quotes *surprise* me more than anything anybody else has ever said. This one jolted me so much that I cannot resist posting it here. Here’s what he says about machines… “You cannot love a car the way you love a horse. The horse brings out human feelings the way machines cannot do. Things…