Karthi Subbaraman

The Zeigarnik effect (remembering unfinished tasks more than the completed ones) on the Human Nature series is killing me 🙈 So, I decided to get this commitment done before I go to my Vipassana on Dec 12th. That should make me sleep better this week and stay silent for the rest

I am just loving this break 😍 All things I pushed by saying I don't have time to learn is happening now and I can't tell you how orgasmic this learning break is 🤪 Things I am exploring now can be classified into two broad buckets: Understanding Human

Over the past ten days, a recurring question has emerged: what's next? Some speculate my next venture will be a return to entrepreneurship, while others suspect a full-time non-profit role (#pifo) or even retirement 🤪 Beyond the curiosity about immediate next steps, the core question is: How to make

On popular demand, here is a playlist of a few important Charlie Munger speeches from the internet. If there is one speech you should not miss, it is this one. I anyways wanted to include in the Human Nature series with full credit to Charlie Munger as it was an

After my exit announcement, my days became incredibly busy. The third sprint for Sensibowl started on November 27, and the first #pifo cohort for Design for Non-Visual Designers (25-26 Nov) kept my weekends exciting. My masterclass in Upraised (25 Nov) attracted over 2000 registrants, which made me slightly nervous. But

Life is happening now in full force and my human nature series that I planned to write went for a toss. Not to worry, I promise to release a guide or masterclass on Human Nature by Nov end just for you folks. The mission is to make you empathise with

I am not a visual designer by training.  I studied cognitive science in my masters.  There was zero introduction to tools and practice of visual design in grad school.  But when I started my journey in the industry as a designer, I felt so left out. I didn't

If you are new to the Human30 series, here is day 1 and day 2. Yesterday we talked about how most of thinking process is unconscious and happens below our awareness. So, if most of our thinking is unconscious, then how do we make our unconscious thinking work for us?

We have had decades of argument around human rationality and irrationality. We have multiple theories around it. Some directly refute others but many build upon each other. Keeping all the theories/models aside, here is my take based on lived experiences. We are irrational creatures by nature. As a species,