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THIRD THINKER
"The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." — Stephen McCranie
This isn't just a feel-good quote from Stephen McCranie; it is the fundamental blueprint of human achievement. McCranie, an author and illustrator known for his work on Space Boy, didn't write this to be "inspirational." He wrote it because, in the creative world, the only way to find a diamond is to dig through miles of dirt.
If you aren't failing, you aren't moving. You’re just standing still and calling it "planning."
Dr. ARUN V J
4 minutes ago5 min read
TME 80: Why Blood Transfusion Is Bad For You?
Listen closely. If you are lying in a hospital bed and a doctor walks in saying, "Your counts are a little low, let's give you a bag of blood to just give you a top-up," I want you to pause. We’ve been conditioned to think of blood as the ultimate gift. And it is. It is the literal essence of life, a complex biological miracle that we still cannot replicate in a lab. Synthetic blood is a pipe dream that is decades away. But here is the professional truth I’ve gathered from ye
Dr. ARUN V J
24 hours ago5 min read
DRD 56: ChatGPT Was Not the First AI. Where Did AI Come From?
We often act like AI was born in late 2022.
It wasn’t.
It was just hiding in plain sight.
For the last decade, you’ve been training and using "narrow" AI every single day.
Your Phone’s Keyboard: When you type "Good," and it suggests "Morning," that’s a prediction model.
Amazon & Netflix: "Because you watched The Office, you might like Parks and Rec." That’s a behavior prediction model.
Google Search: When you start typing and it finishes your sentence? Predi
Dr. ARUN V J
Feb 75 min read
DRD 57: How I Used AI To Run A Conference?
AI doesn’t run conferences.
People do.
But AI can:
Hold structure when things get chaotic
Maintain continuity across months of planning
Reduce invisible cognitive labour
And cognitive labour is the most expensive, least acknowledged part of leadership today.
Dr. ARUN V J
Feb 64 min read
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