Life
A collection of posts about life in all its beauty, including philosophy, geopolitics, history, psychology, and more. I think of it as my digital diary but with less crying and more coffee.
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The oldest company in the world — 1400 years
Kongo Gumi was the oldest company in the world, surviving for over 1,400 years. A Japanese family business, it had been building temples since 578 AD. For centuries, its success rested on the steady demand for Buddhist temples. Generous donations… more
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Scientific Revolution’s loop
In the last 500 years, humanity made a huge leap. This was thanks to the scientific revolution. Governments invested in science, providing the resources and support needed for progress. With these investments, inventions flourished, leading to new businesses. These businesses… more
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AI future of business communication
The future is here 🤯 It’s long been predicted that most business communication will shift to AI representatives—and this video shows how it’ll all work. Two AI agents quickly recognize each other. Then they switch from spoken English to a… more
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About personal Agency
I’ve always thought of word agency in the business sense—like a marketing agency that provides services or a legal agency where one party acts on behalf of another. But I’d never considered it in the context of personal agency. In… more
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Feeling down while building is Ok
This video is a good reminder In YouTube’s early days, co-founder Steve Chen felt down because only 40 videos were uploaded weekly. Now, millions are added daily. Big things start small. What seems tiny today might be huge tomorrow. Isn’t… more
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Learning by doing
I believe in learning by doing. I begin by taking small steps without prior knowledge to grasp the process and its nature. Then I seek knowledge to find shortcuts and structure. That’s when clarity comes. Learning without action or action… more
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Reading sidenotes – book ‘Sapiens’
How and why in historical explanations What’s the difference between explaining how something happened and explaining why it did? When we ask how, we describe the sequence of events and the conditions that shaped them. When we ask why, we… more
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Fear of Failure
Fear of failure is deep in our brains. It was shaped by millions of years of survival. Back then, failure meant no food or danger. If you failed to hunt, you could go hungry. If you failed to grow food,… more
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Why are we never satisfied?
We either fear that the pleasure might disappear, or we hope that it will intensify. — Yuval Harari, Sapiens The mind is trapped in a cycle of craving. We resist pain, cling to pleasure, and constantly chase more. Take success,… more
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Transportation Revolution
Humans relied on horses as the main mode of transport for about 5,000 years. Then, Ford’s Model T changed everything in less than a decade. I’m curious to see the visual transformations cities will undergo during the tech revolution unfolding… more
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Social Equality VS Individual Freedom
This is an eternal problem.The values of social equality and individual freedom contradict each other and do not coexist for long.It is a timeless issue for humanity—left and right, capitalism and socialism.Can there be a balance? more
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My story of launching E-shop business with AI
(in 2 months and 3 steps: Seed→Feed→Grow) In 2024, after six years in the corporate world, I left my secure job to start my own business. This time I took a fresh approach, using a lot of AI and automation… more
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Reminder: Take the time, avoid perfection
This is from Slow Productivity, a book that has become both my compass and speedometer. Mastering the balance between giving myself enough time to create something cool without falling into the perfection trap is a skill I still need to… more
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Don’t feed them
Remember that internet idiot you argued with last night?From his side, it might’ve looked like this more
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Reminder: Marketing
A reminder to myself: Marketing is more than just sales. It is about the people you help.It is about solving real problems.It is about the stories you tell.It is about building strong connections. Does your customer remember you after paying? more
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Reminder: Failures
Reminder for myself. Learning never stops — but also, never stop trying and failing. Failure is like a tough but honest coach, delivering raw, unfiltered feedback about life (with a touch of pain). Every failure is a shortcut to deeper… more
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Growth vs Profitability dilemma
What do Amazon, Uber, Tesla, and Spotify have in common? They’re all high-tech companies that stayed unprofitable for decades, prioritizing rapid growth over immediate profit. But times are changing. A recent Y-Combinator podcast indirectly highlights this shift. Those speakers are… more
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Money & Trust
Money is a product of human imagination based on universal trust in the system. For over 5,000 years, humans have used some form of money. In the last 50 years, though, our trust in it has reached new heights. This… more
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Devaluation of intelligence
If you are not planning for the price of intelligence to go to zero, the next 3-5 years are going to incredibly disruptive to your business / life. This is the main idea for the rest of the decade, buckle… more
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Back to coding after 30 years
After a 30-year break, I returned to coding, and the experience brought back warm memories from my childhood… I was a 12-year-old in a family of Soviet engineers navigating the shift from a Soviet economy to a capitalist world. One… more
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Stupidity vs Malice – Hanlon’s razor
Quote of the day: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” © Hanlon’s razor It’s essentially a clear paraphrase of the presumption of innocence and a way to avoid overcomplicating things that are already complex. more
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Political gas game in Moldova
The more I learn about russia’s tactics with its political allies, the more I believe every country should be horrified by the idea of making “great energy deals” with russia. In the long run, you’ll pay far more than the… more
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Introduction to Microsoft Excel 1990
Isn’t it crazy how people moved From floppy disks to cloud storage, From CRT monitors to 4K displays, From dial-up internet to 5G, From bulky desktop towers to ultra-thin laptops Yet, Excel still stands as the go-to tool for last-minute… more
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Rebirth yourself again.
Evolution in fast forward. Nature is truly mind-blowing, and this video showcases one of its miracles. The video is also symbolic for me. more
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10:10 problem
Try asking ChatGPT this: Draw a picture of a group of watches showing 20 minutes after 8. The result will be a group of wristwatches showing 10:10 instead. Why? It’s because Text-to-Image AI models are trained on billions of images… more
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Are you what you consume?
They say you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Honestly, I no longer believe that. Today, we interact more with the internet, social media content and algorithms than with real people. People today… more
