PinnedMukul PareekFermi’s Solution: Do Truly Profound Beings Cease Propagation into Extinction?“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” - Ernest HemingwayDec 30, 2021Dec 30, 2021
Mukul PareekInvasion of Idiots: Parkinson’s Law of Social Activism“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” - attributed to George CarlinJul 1, 20221Jul 1, 20221
Mukul PareekShooting the Pianist: Boarding Passes, Baggage Tags, and the Invisible Ones“Yelling at the receptionist is no more successful than hijacking a plane at the ticket counter… you aren’t going to get anywhere.” …Nov 9, 2021Nov 9, 2021
Mukul PareekWe Not Me: Two Phenomena at the Heart of Poor Decisions, Disasters, and the Growing Social Divide“I often warn people: "Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, 'There is no I in team.' What you should tell them is, 'Maybe…Sep 19, 2021Sep 19, 2021
Mukul PareekHappy Forever: In a Relentless Pursuit of Fleeting Pleasures“The unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates, at his trial for impiety and corrupting the youth, as documented by PlatoAug 15, 2021Aug 15, 2021
Mukul PareekTreatment Worse than the Illness: How the Study of Iatrogenics can have a Profound Impact on Our…“All of men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” - Blaise Pascal, PenséesMay 31, 2021May 31, 2021
Mukul PareekCOVID-19: India’s Deadly Second Wave and UK’s WWII ExperienceAlbeit late spring, it was a gloomy month of May in the year 1940 in the United Kingdom. Winston Churchill had just been appointed the…May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
Mukul PareekNor Any Drop To Drink: A Global Water Crisis Which Shouldn’t Be“Water is sufficient…the spirit moves over water.” - Friedrich Nietzsche, Ecce HomoApr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
Mukul PareekInto the Abyss: Why we may be staring at an Unparalleled Unemployment Crisis“No country, however rich, can afford to waste its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest…Aug 15, 20201Aug 15, 20201
Mukul PareekBe the Change: Why Child Adoption is the Answer to some of our Direst Problems“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” - Oprah WinfreyJun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020
