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Philosophy, analytical or not, is actually math underneath. You use facts to derive other facts, typically about existence. It has a mathematical base. Reason why most ancient philosophers were mathematicians.

This feels so incredibly relevant for today. This also makes me think about the cognitive delegation problem - structured interfaces in machines and structured methodologies in mathematics helped humans build structured thoughts to express abstract intuition. With machines starting to speak natural language, it's probably not too far fetched to say that humans will eventually stop organising their thoughts, which will turn their thoughts into a kind of brain fog.

I genuinely feel that companies with existing well designed systems with intentional architecture and design patterns will have far more leverage, with AI coming into the picture - as opposed to upcoming systems which are vibe coded from day 1.

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Try PianoForAll. My experience, fwiw - Pianoforall was instrumental in helping me play real music at parties and make the piano journey rewarding and enjoyable early on. Without that, the early days of learning classical music, music theory, practicing scales, ballads etc were a limbo - you don't feel like you are making progress (even when you are).

That said, PFA only compliments your classical syllabus, not replaces it.

Here's mine: 0. Build the habit of taking notes ruthlessly to build a comprehensive second brain. 1. I transitioned to the penhold grip in Table Tennis in Nov 2025 and it has been a fun exploration. My goal for 2026 is to learn to play all the strokes comfortably with the penhold grip, and start competing at the district level. 2. Go from novice-intermediate to upper-intermediate in piano playing. Learn, memorize, and perform flawlessly 30 advanced piano pieces (minimum Henle 7–9) end-to-end, recorded on video, within the next 12 months. 3. Learn to speak Kannada. Been living in Bangalore past 9 years and it's almost embarrassing to not know a single complete Kannada sentence.