Category: The Unromanticized Root
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Everyone is a Polymath. So be one.

I left a Geologic Society Dinner early for a couple of reasons: 1) My coughs and sneezes were becoming more frequent 2) I didn’t get enough sleep yesterday 3) Most people around me decided not to be polymaths, even though everyone is a polymath. Reason (3) is actually the primary reason for why I left.…
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I Came, I Saw, I Un-Romanticized: An Introduction

Sometimes, romanticizing is good. It has enabled visionaries to bring their ideas to reality’s realms. It has made people sleep with wonderful dreams. It is an element that can make the world reach its apparent limits. Sometimes, un-romanticizing is good too. It brings more of reality under one’s control. It increases empathy across the unfamiliar. It gives the…
