I tried to keep up with finishing up Sapiens but to be honest, it is a heavy read on top of my thesis. So, to at least keep part of my new year resolution, decided to write up thoughts that have been interrupting my other productive musings. The last few days I have had limited social interactions, which though increased my productivity but after a week of it – I am sitting here at a cafe near my home, writing this up.

Over the last one week, I had some really meaningful conversations with a stranger, and some not strangers. I consider them meaningful as they were things that I actually wanted to talk about, and not just ramblings for the societal requirement of being polite. We have all been there (I hope), in situations where we feel the conversation lull and then come up with something completely…