Choices and hypothesis

Ever tried starting something of your own? If no then you may skip reading this piece. Else continue. There are a number of reasons to find a cofounder if you want to start up something. Your initiative will have more than just two hands, your skill set is diversified, investors can trust you better, you can support each other in tough times, blah. blah. This is what the usual blogs bullshit about. One can always overcome these mere things if you are confident about your plan and avoid the pretty useless short cuts. So the question still stands: Does one need a cofounder? The answer is: Yes. The reason lies with absurdism, a school of philosophy lovingly made popular by Albert Camus. Absurdism essentially refers to the conflict existing between the men seeking the meaning of life and the inability of finding any. In early entrepreneurship there exists a similar arrangement. There is a conflict between the founder's idea of the ideal user/market and the inability to achie...

I read a lot of books, all types and sizes. So the first question I am asked is what kind of books I like the most. I take a pause to quickly re evaluate my interests and since last couple of years the answer has been the same: Philosophy. Then, in most occasions, I am asked few FAQs, which I shall be listing here. In the future I can just forward them this post to save some time. 0: I too like philosophy. Especially the structure, logic and meaning of language. You mean linguistics.  1: What do you mean by philosophy? For me it deals with anything which helps me develop and evolve my fundamental framework which I see is comprising of 4 components: 1: Values, helping me in deciding objectives and prioritizing activities in life 2: Ethics (what I consider right and wrong), which determine methods, and reactions to a piece of news or an activity done by a third person 3: Choices, that given absolute freedom what things I choose over others 4: Cushions, ie...