Analytics in Elections


If Analytics is used to target people, neutralize opinions, create digital impressions. This would lead to the creation of bias. This is not a good use of AI.

Analytics is needed to create affordable health care, forecast economy, provide good insights to develop people, economy jobs. AI should be used in the right sense. AI for politics will benefit in the short term but it is a curse in the long term.

When the truth is neutralized with biased facts the consequences of power with the wrong leaders will be a curse for the future generations

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Multiple Way of Problem Solving

  • Combine multiple non-working solutions to make up a solution
  • Explore in a different perspective
  • There is a specific way of seeing

Keep thinking!!!

Carl Sagan Thoughts

Applies very well to the current state of education
  • Government has a responsibility for making people self-reliant. Able to take care of themselves. 
  • Why we choose to have homeless people, unemployment. This country has vast wealth. Where is education, improve economic standards. We are using the money for the wrong stuff.
  • Kids are very smart, they are not taught practical applications. There are no many jobs that require differentiation, optimization, problem-solving to what is solved in class. 
  • We are not taught science but beliefs. Now we have a conflict of faith vs evidence. Hold your belief until you find sufficient evidence.
  • Ignorance and power will ruin the education system of this country
  • Science is a way of thinking, Ask skeptical questions to find the truth. Science can accept mistakes and move forward but not faith
  • The arms race will make rich people richer


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The bad education system

If I have 100 students in my class, the objective of education is to bring the best out of the 100. There are different aspects of life/ domains. You can make a living out of any skill that you Love. It could be Sports, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Farming, Painting, Travelling, etc. It is endless.

The current system of education that filters the best 10 and trains them to compete against the rest of the world. The system of examination where your thinking is not developed but how fast you solve in pressure is tested. These are man-made flaws in our education system. The beauty of great education system is the one that always keeps you open to problems, thinking, marathon towards solving newer problems.

This marks, scores are not a true measure of intelligence. Newton, Einstein every great person would fail with the Indian System of Education. Education should benefit for Life, not for a job. Education that goes not make you kind, humble, thinking, experimenting is a *waste* education.

Do not get carried away with the rat race. Stay away and give meaning for your Life. Prove that going with the crowd is not always the best decision.


A great scientist, innovator, a social activist will be lost with the multiple-choice based education system. Every failed student is a lost opportunity for the nation. We are a failed nation if we are not able to educate at scale. Education is for Life not for Job.

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The notion of Sex Education

How do we explain kids about a relationship, sex, and about right/wrong things? With a ton of porn, movies influencing teen love stories, predators, abusers around it becomes, even more, tougher to explain them right/wrong things. How to identify good touch / bad touch.

When you punish an offender, you need to look at the root cause or reason behind such thinking. The wrong portrayal in movies, a lot of porn around influence the kids.

Time to think!!!

Life after Death

I have a very limited set of folks whom I talk to. Last night I was discussing how many people will remember me if I am dead today.

My office folks for a few days
My friends for a few months
My Siblings for few years
My mom for Lifetime

In the end, nothing is going to stop. Everything will continue to evolve and change. We are here only for a short time in this world. Life in one way appears fearful and virtual. In the end, we don't live forever. Being uncomfortable, able to think curiously, living up for some good is all we can end up doing in Life.

A lot of things are wrong, more than what we interpret, the way things are designed to think this way are more. To free from the clutches of influence and think independently is a key trait. 

Life is just learning every day with the uncomfortable questions which are part of learning. I wish everyone a bit of patience, faith, and persistence. We are all running busy without doing any good to people around us or for us. Slow down, pause. This is just a transition. Make life a little meaningful...

Keep Going!!!

Balancing Emotions and Happy Memories

When someone leaves us it puts us in a lot of emotional trauma. This pain never settles as there are many unanswered questions. We forget the good memories they gave and carry bitter memories. Sometimes solutions depend on areas we focus on. Instead of focusing on the anger and bitter ending. We can better remember the good memories they gave and take it as a note of positive encouragement. We don't leave the world alive in the end. Instead of bitter regrets and heavy heart we can at least forgive whatever possible.

We tend to be a loner not because we intend to but because we prefer to stay in our own line of thoughts. Sometimes happiness is just looking up the sky at night. You don't need to be in a crowd to enjoy your Life.

Keep thinking, Keep Learning!!!

The Web Trap

Escape the Web
  • Facebook wants you to spend more time reading pics, selfies, chats, videos
  • Whatsapp - The message alert for forwards, quotes, timepass conversations
  • Quora - From specific and intellectual platform it has also changed into a form of a self-promotional platform
  • Youtube - The kind of recommendation that literally provides the same type of content
The whole of mental, emotional health is nowhere in the picture. On top of it the dark side of adult content. All these are doing no good for humanity. More than the good things there is a lot of time wasters/productivity killers.

Quit Everything, Take a walk, Spend time talking to real people and the real world.

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Recollecting old memories

After 17 years I went back to my College. It has been a memorable and special moment with a lot of memories. My since thanks to my Principal, HOD Saradha Mam, CSE staff of IRTT. My intent is to convey them my perspectives for career, life and getting better at knowing self, become more self-aware.

1. Read about architecture from highscalability.com
2. Write a simple app for few users, Pickup next task to scale it for 100, 1000 users
3. How do I design a recommendation system, Pick a paper, work on it and connect it to your use case
4. Read latest tech news from hackernews, Techcrunch and understand what market demands
5. Get familiar with code management tools git etc..
6. Read a bit on frameworks, concepts, hosting your own portals, own apps, games, etc
7. Get better at one thing, Focus on it for many years to Master it and Keep Learning, Be your own competition

Many thanks to IRTT CSE Staff and Students for this opportunity

Guilt

There are two kinds of Guilt in Life. Type1 - You know and people around you know you made the mistake and you regret it. Type2 - You only know you made the mistake and you didn't share with anyone. It is better not to accumulate both these type of Guilts. In the end feeling of Guilt is the worst punishment in Life.

Better live a simple life and pass away than trying to prove others your point. Live well with fewer regrets and guilt

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Leave it before it destroys you

Sometimes people leave you because they cannot handle the problems and pressure you handle
Every relationship comes with loads of expectations and zero sacrifices to make it work
Everything is fancy like in the movies and songs but the reality of life is different
Living on your own beliefs needs guts, boldness and hard work
The world is easy for people who follow the crowd and hard for people who are outliers
In the end, Life is an experience not a result of an Exam
Let go everything, Let it all go. 
Stay Kind, Stop looking at closed doors, move on with your Life!!!

Perspective of Decisions

When someone is not able to explain the rationale behind the decision it is hard to interpret the perspective. When things come down from elders as 'I feel this is not right'. It's hard to digest without a rational explanation of things. Do we need to play safe or Do we need to be rational?

No decision comes without the risk of failure. If we always play safe we will never learn the experiences/challenges. Sometimes you remain as an outlier/anomaly.

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Memories

Sometimes we look back at history to recollect and remembers some good memories. When we are lost in the present we look back and remember the past. The irony is this situation makes us feel both past and present is lost. Everything happened for a reason. Leave the regrets and take the lessons.

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Challenges Vs Staying Strong

When a challenge knocks you down. There are two options accept it and stop progressing or fight it. You may win or lose or find some other problem but yes there are more opportunities than just giving up. Struggle, Fail but do not give up. It's your life and its ending one moment at a time. Keep Fighting.

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Perception of Life

Many times there is a personal retrospection to accept the beliefs/facts of life

  • Always try to play safe because you are too old
  • Life is about living for others so we should follow what everyone follows
  • Giving opinions vs forcing opinions. Failing to trust other choices
  • Judgemental vs My way or Getaway
  • Where to draw the line of work vs life vs passion vs family
  • Life is about living independently without giving an emotional or financial load to dependents
  • Life is about Learning to experiment, Learning from failure, Attempting with all required knowledge dependencies
Keep correcting, Keep improving, Keep going!!!

Thought for the day

Ideas come when you compete against yourself. To win a competition you need to create more ideas out of creativity, not pressure. I don't beat anyone but I beat myself by improving myself every single day. Keep thinking, Stay open to new motivation sources, Keep Learning and Sharing!!!!

Future Ready - Move on from the Past

Some thoughts for a positive future mindset.
  • Let's pretend it never happened - Yes there is no point to revisit something that can't be undone. It is better to accept "It never happened"
  • Correct Yourself - Focus on correcting yourself not to repeat the same things again
  • Meet New People - Meet people who will align with your principles and values, not in terms of education
  • Work on Your Dreams - the Best thing in life is to pursue what matters most in your life. Focus on your dreams, ideas
  • Keep Travelling - Embrace more travel, more journeys. Keep Learning and Keep traveling

Happy Learning!!!

My Learning's from Highway Driving

1. Speed up when you have less traffic and high energy. The belt from Krishnagiri to Vellore is actually my speed gain area. The road is good and it is lush green. Also, there is a pleasure driving and enjoying nature.

2. Slowdown in Traffic - I lose my passion for driving with heavy traffic, high-speed car chases. I opt timings late night to avoid rush hour traffic. Similar in Life, we need to stay away from Rat Race and chose our passion and drive in our own pace

3. Don't drain your Energy in High-Speed Chase - Never practice rash driving, racing against other vehicles. Learn to enjoy your journey without competing against anyone. Compete against yourself.

4. Enjoy the Journey - Remember the moments of life, Cherish some memories, Learn from some lessons. Use the time to Retrospect and learn yourself Deeply

5. Be Kind - Be kind to people you meet in your Journey. Highway snacks chat, Tea chat in favorite eateries have given a good set of known folks and have a good rapport

At last, there are only happy moments in Life, Nothing else matters...

Teaching and Learning

Over the past few weeks, I am learning Tensorflow by teaching and learning. The questions form students push me further to learn and find more technical aspects. There is both pressure to learn and happiness in teaching. Keep Going.

Happy Learning and Teaching!!!

"Fight for you. Believe in you. Bleed. Cry. Conquer - Dan Waldschmidt"