Purpose of Life in a Metaverse (August 2025) . Life is an open metaverse game. You do not enter with a guidebook or a clear goal.. you simply arrive, choose an avatar, and begin moving through a world that was already running before you joined. At first, you stumble without knowing where to go or what to do, and then slowly you begin to pick up the patterns of play.. gathering, losing, struggling, growing, and meeting countless other players who are also busy finding their own way. ...

The Limits of Reality (August 2025) . I have been thinking about how limited our understanding of reality actually is. We like to believe that what we perceive through our senses and mind is the full picture, but it is really just a thin slice of what is out there. Let’s take examples of color and sound. What we call visible light is just a tiny strip, while the rest of it, like infrared and ultraviolet, moves through us all the time without us even knowing. ...

The Going Abroad Scenario (August 2025) . This is the thought process of a young student looking to go abroad without really thinking it through, simply because everyone else is doing the same. Here’s a grade 12g student from Nepal who wants to leave just because everyone else is. Step 1: Contemplation (Thinking): “Look how clean those streets are.” “Everyone abroad looks so successful.” “No load shedding, no bandhs.” (power cuts, strikes) Step 2: Attachment (Wanting): “That could be me. ...

Maya (August 2025) . Working in tech for the past decade, I’ve been thinking about this concept called Maya and how it maps to what I see around me. The tech industry feels like Maya in action. Not sure why this keeps bugging me. This is Maya. You start as a junior developer, excited about every new library, every framework, convinced you’re building the future. Then you become senior, and you watch the next wave of juniors get excited about… the exact same things. ...

Vajrapani The Senior Engineer (August 2025) . I came across a story in Buddhist literature that has been on my mind ever since. Vajrapani, known for raw power, went to Buddha (the enlightened being) and asked for wisdom. Vajrapani already had the strength to get things done by sheer force and power, but he wanted to know what makes effort truly meaningful. It reminded me of engineers I know who can go deep into the codebase, fix tricky bugs, and ship features, but often only see their piece of the puzzle. ...