Where are we heading, with the ascent of AI?

They say AI will double its capability every six months. 

That is ten doublings in five years, which is a thousand times more capability than what exists today in just five years from now. 

Human beings, on the other hand, evolve at "evolutionary" speed. We took several million years to evolve from ape to homo sapiens. 

The human brain has evolved to cope with stress. It has also evolved to survive in the face of too much stress, it just shuts down, and the human being that the brain belongs to, simply "drops out". 

We are seeing that phenomenon already happening among the young. Tang Ping ( lying flat) and Bai Lan ( letting it rot) are recognised epidemics among Chinese youth, for example. 

It is very scary even to think about where the world is heading... 

the vaccine files: where irony died a thousand deaths

https://x.com/NicHulscher/status/1965492776998682759?t=5AHvIVJJEsa3mqLw0hKVbw&s=08

(this tweet is reproduced at the end of this article)

But there is no point in calling this out. Modern Pharma is a cult and its adherents will maintain with cult like fervour that vaccination is good, vaccination is necessary, vaccination is healthy. 

A mountain of evidence to the contrary will not make them reconsider. They will dismiss it all as conspiracy theories. Even while maintaining that you need to take vaccines for every flu, and for every variant of every flu, annually, seasonally, and based on age. 

Meanwhile, they will not give benefit of doubt to the other side. Let's say I concede that they have a right to their views, why not let me have a right to my views and not vaccinate? They will answer, sure, who forced you? 

My employer did. He threatened to throw me out of my job unless I was vaccinated. 

My government did. It didn't allow me to travel unless I was vaccinated. 

I resisted all that, but finally caved in when I got a notice from the school, saying my children would be rusticated from the school unless all vaccines are up to date. Since they were a threat to other children. How, when I thought I was taking the risk and they were the ones who were vaccinated? 

In this whole vaccine saga, irony died a thousand deaths. 

All in the name of freedom, democracy and the people!

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Shouting into the void

It is too tiring,

Shouting into the void;

The echoes call back,

As if they mock;

 

Why make yourself hoarse,

Talking to the wind;

There's no one to hear,

Pleas on deaf ears!

 

We have senses five,

Gateways to the world;

The mind needs to open,

What's firmly shut!

 

Everyone resides,

In an echo chamber;

Shouting into the void,

With no one to hear!

 

Dinesh Gopalan,

10 September, 2025

Gold!

Gold has appreciated by fifty percent in the last one year, from Rupees 74000 to 110,000. 

Gold is by far the safest and most liquid asset in the world. It is not amenable to control of any one authority. It remains the ultimate fallback in case of economic collapse or war. It is easy to buy, easier to store,  and easy to keep hidden from the greedy eyes of Big Brother. 

All fiat currency is maya, illusion. All economies are run by a seat of the pants approach, with covering fire provided by so called economists who are clueless. 

It is good to ride the bubbles created by fiat currency and the chaos of the financial markets. Stocks are a good investment, but they are like riding a roller coaster, you should know when to get on and get off. 

Bonds are great to provide a steady income stream, and to prevent erosion of wealth that is measured based on that illusory piece of paper called money. 

But the only things that offer protection from inflation and preservation of wealth in the long run are gold and real estate. Of the two, gold requires zero knowledge or technical expertise, carries zero risk  and involves zero active management. 

The price of gold today, or the percentage increase in the last one year are irrelevant. We make the mistake of comparing gold with that constantly fluctuating chimera called money and think that the price of gold is going up or down. Actually, gold always remains steady, like a rock anchored in crashing seas, while the waves around it roil in turbulence.  

All portfolios should have a significant allocation to gold. Especially when times are turbulent, like now, and like every other time in history!

Price does not equal value

The most expensive schools are at best average in learning outcomes. 

The more expensive the hospital, the more damage they will do to your health. If it's a "corporate for profit" hospital, run for your life. They will empty your wallet, and ensure you suffer permanent damage also. 

The more expensive the handbag, or shoe, or whatever, the more bizarre it is likely to be. 

The more expensive the cosmetic, the less you need it. An oil bath twice a week with cold pressed oil ( one tablespoon per bath), is all you need for a flawless skin, and healthy skin to boot. 

And so on...

Doesn't apply to all circumstances though. Chocolates in India are normally around one thousand rupees a kg. They can't afford to use  real cocoa beans at that price. Buy artisanal chocolates only, expect them to cost six times as much. 

The modern marketing machinery convinces us that expensive is better. The messaging is in your face, and also insidious. 

Go back to the base principles. Trace everything to the source, question every so called benefit. 

And then hunt for real value. A life of abundance is a life worth living and it need not be expensive at all.