It feels good to see blue skies returning. Today's AQI is 54, which is crazy good for New Delhi. DLF Greens, 15 km away, is vividly visible from my room's windows.
It almost feels like I can see the edge of the city from here. What an amazing feeling. I think visibility will get even better in another week. I am excited for September and October before smog takes over the capital in November.
I finally got my sutures removed today. Finally a free man, but am I? I still need to keep my activity reduced for the next two weeks and only increase it slowly.
I spent part of the day reading:
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Increase your surface area. Ship things, meet people, publish, ask. Collisions create chances.
I like how practical this makes luck sound. It is not something I have to sit around and wait for. The more things I put into the world, the more people I meet, and the more often I ask, the more chances I create for something unexpected to happen. I still cannot control the outcome, but I can give luck more opportunities to find me.
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If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
Being smart is a tool. Being happy is a decision about where to point it.
A person of average intellect who wants what he already has will outscore a genius who cannot stop wanting more.
Stop rehearsing disasters. Simulation is a talent. Aimed at the future's worst cases all day, it is a curse.
It is such a brilliant question. If I am smart, why aren't I happy? I think one should ask themselves that at least once every year and sit with the answer.
The line about rehearsing disasters felt especially familiar. I spend so much time living in the future, constructing scenarios in my head so I can prepare for and somehow outsmart life. I want to believe I am smart enough to handle every outcome, win, and succeed. In trying to prepare for everything that might happen, I forget to enjoy what is happening right now.
Of course someone who is content with what they already have can be happier than a genius who is never satisfied. Happiness is a different exam. I cannot solve it by trying to be smarter. It is more about accepting what I have and deciding what I really want.
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Why Our Memory Slips After Age 50
Researchers found a major shift around age 50. Astrocytes, which support and protect the brain, lose energy and the blood-brain barrier weakens. Monocytes then enter from the blood, turn into Micro2 microglia, and replace the brain's original Micro1 microglia. The replacements can cause inflammation, though some may also help clear Alzheimer's plaques.
It is good to see science reaching this level of detail. Aging is starting to look like something we might understand and influence, not just accept. I am hopeful that within the next half a decade, we will find ways to slow it down.
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