Re: [silk] Fundamental articles in your field

2021-05-29 Thread Srijith Nair
itecture including learnings from Covid-19 and are > available here: > https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Anupama-Mohanram-16713/ > > Best regards, > Jaideep > >> On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 11:56 AM, Srijith Nair >> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I fin

[silk] Fundamental articles in your field

2021-05-27 Thread Srijith Nair
Hi all, I find myself in an (academic) article-reading mood these days and also trying to get some basic understanding of subject areas I don't usually work in. So trying my luck to see if any of you would like to suggest articles or article-length posts that captures either the essence of big

Re: [silk] Join us on a virtual Reading Retreat

2020-05-01 Thread Srijith Nair
have any thoughts, insights, pointers that you can share I would be really grateful. Thanks! Srijith On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, at 12:30 PM, Srijith Nair wrote: > Hi, > >> “When life gives you lemons, take out the salt and the shot-glasses and fill >> them up with tequila.”

Re: [silk] 'herd immunity strategy'

2020-04-22 Thread Srijith Nair
Got to say I am trying to understand the herd immunity concept as well and falling short with COVID-19. With a basic reproductive rate of around 3, it has been calculated that about 70% of population need to be infected. With a fatality rate of 0.5-1%, about 0.35-0.7 percent of a country's popu

Re: [silk] Join us on a virtual Reading Retreat

2020-04-01 Thread Srijith Nair
t less time, but I'd like to get away from Twitter scrolling > > and out of my current reading rut. Thank you! > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, 06:36 Srijith Nair, wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > “When life gives you lemons, take out the salt and

[silk] Join us on a virtual Reading Retreat

2020-03-31 Thread Srijith Nair
Hi, > “When life gives you lemons, take out the salt and the shot-glasses and fill > them up with tequila.” – Teodora Kostova While self-isolating in a house-bound state, I thought it would be a nice idea to give those marvelous instruments of wonder, the brain and mind, something to chew on b

Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

2020-03-23 Thread Srijith Nair
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > I type out notes when I find an interesting passage, and I've occasionally > looked up past notes (going back a decade) to retrace how my thinking has > evolved. Thanks for the reply Kiran. Quick follow up question - do you jot thing

[silk] Busting echo chambers and piercing filter bubbles

2020-03-06 Thread Srijith Nair
Hi all, Given how most algorithms and even tribes/communities tend to create echo chambers and filter bubbles, how do you go about busting them? How do you actively seek out and try to understand a view point that is (radically) different from yours? To make it more concrete, have you read a b

Re: [silk] Weekly or monthly recommendations

2020-03-01 Thread Srijith Nair
Not exactly paper-version but similar to what Sidin suggested, https://the-syllabus.com/ is turning up rather eclectic but interesting reads. Regards, Srijith Nair On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, at 7:59 PM, Sidin Vadukut wrote: > The Browser is a fantastic service that sends a few great re

Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

2020-02-26 Thread Srijith Nair
Regards, Srijith K. Nair On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 7:22 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 05:35:27PM +0100, Srijith Nair wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve > > information that you read in bo

Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

2020-02-26 Thread Srijith Nair
Hi José, On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, at 2:29 AM, José María Mateos wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve > >information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form > >articles online. > > > >Over the years I have been getting increasi

Re: [silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

2020-02-26 Thread Srijith Nair
e Markdown viewer and editor, so I can > search, read and edit all in the browser itself! Thanks for sharing the process. Markdown is indeed rather useful in such context and makes search very easy. Regards, Srijith > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 8:36 AM Srijith Nair wrote: > &g

[silk] How do you collect and retrieve information from what you read?

2020-02-25 Thread Srijith Nair
Hi all, I would like to pick your brains on how you organise and retrieve information that you read in books (physical or ebook) and long-form articles online. Over the years I have been getting increasingly frustrated at not being efficient in deriving meaningful value from what I have read a

Re: [silk] The Internet of Beefs

2020-01-24 Thread Srijith Nair
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020, at 2:53 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:23 AM Heather Madrone > wrote: > > > https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2020/01/16/the-internet-of-beefs/ > > > > I can't take this article seriously. > > > > It starts out (at numerous points) sensibly enough, then it

Re: [silk] Headspace and similar meditation "services"

2016-09-12 Thread Srijith Nair
the NYT article. Thanks for that! Srijith > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 4:51 PM Srijith Nair wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2016, at 03:40 AM, Charles Haynes wrote: > > > I agree with Thaths unsurprisingly. Debbie and I use one of the simple > > > timer/track

Re: [silk] Headspace and similar meditation "services"

2016-09-12 Thread Srijith Nair
On 10-Sep-2016, at 3:38 AM, Prashant P Kothari > > wrote: > > > > > >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Srijith Nair wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I have been looking at doing guided meditation for se

[silk] Headspace and similar meditation "services"

2016-09-09 Thread Srijith Nair
Hi all, I have been looking at doing guided meditation for several reasons. Apps/services like Headspace (headspace.com) seem to offer good options. I was wondering if any of the silklisters have any experience on using such apps or in general on (technology) guided meditation? I have just started

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

2016-08-10 Thread Srijith Nair
Thanks for all the recommendations everyone! Subscribed to almost all of them. Let us see how many sticks. Srijith On Wed, Aug 10, 2016, at 05:16 AM, Thaths wrote: > On Wed., 10 Aug. 2016, 4:25 am Sean Doyle, wrote: > > > History of Philosophy in India (I'd be curious what people here think abo

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

2016-08-09 Thread Srijith Nair
On Tue, Aug 9, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > > On 9 Aug 2016, at 13:03, Srijith Nair wrote: > > > > > > 1. Recode Decode > > 2. Recode Media > > 3. Too Embarrassed To Ask > > 4. McKinsey podcast > > 5. Planet Money > >

[silk] Podcast recommendations?

2016-08-09 Thread Srijith Nair
Hi all, After discovering the magic of 1.4x audio speed and apps that support them (along with removing silence), I have been binging on podcast episodes. Being new to this, I was wondering if this amazingly diverse group would have recommendations on podcasts to listen to? I have an eclectic t