Surya Prakash Jayanti

Quotes from the book "Ultralearning". In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. Maximize the effectiveness of Ultra learning:  MetaLearning : First Draw a map. Focus : Sharpen your knife Directness : Go straight ahead Drill : Attack your weakest point. Retrieval : Test to learn Feedback : Don't dodge the punches Retention : Don't fill a leaky bucket Intuition : Dig deep before building up.            Experimentation : Branch out  and try new approaches. If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. A good rule of thumb is that you should invest approximately 10% of your total expected learning time into research prior to starting. Now I will have less distraction. Leonhard Euler, mathematician, upon losing the sight in his right eye. First step to overcoming procrastination: recognize when you are procrastinating. Emotions can hijack the mind and make the process of returning ...

Quotes from the book "System Error". There are decades when nothing happens—and weeks where decades happen. System Error explores what breaks when fast-moving technology outpaces slow-moving institutions. When metrics become goals, and optimization replaces wisdom, systems fail quietly at scale. Progress needs better rules—not just better leaders. “There are decades when nothing happens, and then there are weeks where decades happen.”  History doesn’t move linearly—it accelerates suddenly, often without warning. “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” Governance exists not because humans are perfect, but precisely because we are not. “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” The most meaningful outcomes often resist neat quantification. The metric becomes the goal, and the means justify the end. This is Goodhart’s Law : when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.  To optimize for scienc...