Bhargav Varshney

It all comes back. Perhaps it is difficult to see the value in having one’s self back in that kind of mood, but I do see it; I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 a.m... See more

My definition of good transfiguration is allowing people I trust to show me what they see in me clearly. We see ourselves with a great deal of blurriness, often with a negative tilt. Other people can see the line of continuity threaded through every seemingly disjointed experience, or the richness in your raw material. Other people can very much he... See more

I’m convinced that it’s going to become a straightforwardly high-status, elite play to renounce phones, social media, and many other aspects of digital culture. In a world of insane information abundance and always-on connection, reclaiming the stillness of your own mind will be akin to flying private.

If I’m right, we’ll see a growing divide betwee

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Steve Jobs energy transference was so strong it was labelled a Reality Distortion Field. He could bend other people's perception of reality with one interaction. I don't think this is some mystical woo-woo energy. It's a combination of intensity, frame, belief, body language, optimism and vocal tonality.

The seeking was passive, the reward pale, the sense of agency bled dry. I checked reflexively, without intention.

I care, in the end, about expressing my obdurate singularity at any cost.