1. Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design has no free will

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    October 30, 2010 by styagi68

    I recently completed reading the book titled “The Grand Design” by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinov.  The book is a …
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  2. Drive–what motivates us?

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    September 24, 2010 by styagi68

    Recently read Drive by Daniel Pink.  Daniel is a good writer who brings out deep insights and patterns that are …
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  3. Forgiveness–Emotional defragmentation

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    September 18, 2010 by styagi68

    Today morning I got an email from a former colleague, Jordan Elpern-Waxman. He reminded me of a term I apparently …
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  4. Values and beliefs letter to son

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    September 15, 2010 by styagi68

    Recently I was asked by my son’s teacher to write a note. The note was to share the beliefs and …
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  5. Shradha and Saburi

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    August 29, 2010 by styagi68

    I have recently become more acquainted with the teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba. Sai Baba lived from about 1830s to …
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  6. Tiger Woods — Losing his edge

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    August 11, 2010 by styagi68

    See below an article laying out a rather sad description of a man who became a legend within his lifetime. …
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  7. Synthetic life and robot with Conscience

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    August 2, 2010 by styagi68

    Headline 1 = Craig Venter http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-genome Headline 2 = The world’s first robot with conscience http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/The-worlds-first-robot-with-conscience/articleshow/6235740.cms First one talks about …
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  8. IPO and Religion–Common value proposition is hope

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    July 25, 2010 by styagi68

    Human beings live on hope and are willing to pay tremendously for hope.  Two cases in point, IPO (or investments …
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  9. Suarez and Godse–good or evil

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    July 20, 2010 by styagi68

    On January 30, 1948, Nathuram Godse pulled out a gun and shot Mahatama Gandhi several times from a short distance, …
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  10. Best efforts vs commercially reasonable efforts

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    July 16, 2010 by styagi68

    A few years ago I was negotiating a large contract.  In that, a line said something like–if the [x] fails, …
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