Powerful people/societies/entities/nations without the necessary balance cause havoc. Time and again, we see this and yet we invest so less time in building our own balance. Balance is not cool, sexy, visible, but, it's fundamental.

I was doing some computer file clean up recently and came across this picture of Gobind Khorana. I took it when I was in Cambridge, MA for a meeting and, as I did most times when I visited Boston, I made a point of stopping and spending time with Gobind. This was taken outside an assisted living center where he resided. For those who might not know who he was, his research at Univ Wisconsin & MIT led him to discover the Rosetta Stone of Life, the three nucleotide to one amino acid genetic code. That discovery made him the first Indian-born scientist to win the Nobel Prize. I got to his lab at MIT as he was moving from the world of RNA/DNA to membranes and photon processing. We did some foundational work using carbene precursors to generate covalent protein-membrane couplings via laser photolysis. During his peak three decades of research he published a paper every 11 days. He invented ALL of the chemistry that made DNA/RNA synthesis possible...and never patented a thing. My favorite times in his lab were the early Saturday mornings when his phone wasn't ringing, there were few of us working, and we could just talk about science, life, etc. He was the gentlest man I have ever known. RIP Gobind (1922-2011)

Since time immemorial, when a CEO asks a PM at Product Review, “what do you need to 10X users/revenue?”, “what will make you go faster?”, etc The PM steadfastly responds “We need [N] more engineers”. The Eng Mgr nods approvingly A story thread, with some hard truths to swallow:

I would like to talk to someone on the @AnthropicAI engineering team in Seattle, area. Please RT for reach.

Even a paper ballot process has risk of being attacked by humans and AI. So, making EVM specific claims like this is pointless.

This is Mike Fremont. He's a 102 year old runner who holds multiple age related world records in the marathon, half marathon & canoeing. He's also beat cancer while curing his arthritis using his diet. Here are his secrets to longevity:

Any recommendations for personal strength trainers for elders (>60) in #chennai near RA puram/Alwarpet area?

Incredible... mind-blowing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌👌👏👏👏 👏👏👏 Korea Vs. Malaysia

What a bowler!

Epic!

|| श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः || I consider this as a blessing to perform for Saint Sri. Tyagaraja’s Aradhana✨ Performing a concert this evening at Lakshmi Venkateswara Temple, Redmond today evening Jan 27th (Saturday) between 5:30 - 7:30pm PST along with Sri. Tejas Srinivasan & Sri. Arvind Raman. All are welcome! 🙏 . . . . . . #pnw #seattle #Washington #carnaticmusic #tyagaraja #tyagarajaaradhanai2024 #carnatic2024

All are welcome! Please join and listen to some good music from @swathrav and team!!!

We placed an order via @doordash yday. The order according to them was delivered but when I looked for it, I couldn't find it. @DoorDash_Help has been rejecting our requests for any support/refund and their agents keep closing chat windows. Is this how you handle customers?

Depth of writing in movies like #Mahanadhi makes you wonder, ponder and seek!

All relationship is a mirror in which the mind can discover its own operations.

|| श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः || I'm excited to perform the Inaugural concert for Ninaad at Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Redmond on Nov 25th (Saturday) between 9am - 10:30am PST along with Chetana Shekar & Jagadeesh Jayaprakash. All are welcome! 🙏 . . . . . . #pnw #seattle #Washington #carnaticmusic #margazhi2023

Wonder, how commentators like Harsha continue to do the work when your home team isn't doing that well in a final. Takes some commitment.

Very much, on point.