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I’ve come to understand concepts like the ‘spotlight effect,’ delved into the intriguing depths of ‘The Mind Explained’ Netflix series, and engaged with content that reminds us of our shared humanity in this vast world. The phrase “kullu nafsin daikotul maut” resonates, reminding us that every soul will face mortality. Then there’s YOLO, the philosophy of seizing the day, and the notion of entropy and complexity, which rise with the passage of time....

God created all beautiful scenery. What is the purpose of beauty? And it is never enough. It is like the Alif Lam Mim and the likes Ayat. Or it is like the ‘yeee hawww’ from the Jackass. It indicates that it’s not the rational that leads, but the irrational, the redundant, the ineffective. That is the fallacy where they see others similar to them, so they feel like they are replaceable, unimportant, and useless....

Man is mortal; thus, every man is replaceable. Dependency is something I never force onto someone or any system. If I am somehow needed by someone, I try to help, but not to make them dependent on me. I want everything to be loosely coupled. I want to give every beautiful thing I have and then perish. For a company, organization, or family, I don’t want to be seen as irreplaceable....

I miss Slack, Jira, Confluence, and all the project management tools I used to take for granted. The project management course seemed perfect until it had to be implemented in the real world, which is rife with scarcity and limitations. Implementing a growth mindset often feels challenging because, in many large corporations and government organizations, managers tend to be rigid, resistant to change, and determined to enforce outdated cultures. Despite this, they somehow manage to project an image of success and the right course of action....

Illusion is the fuel of acceleration and substance To appreciate someone, with insignificant achievement, something little. Someone doesn’t care about appreciation if what they want is to only survive. How can someone appreciate themself more deeper, more meaningful? It’s tricky, because someone might feel small with no appreciation. Sometimes the trophy is mispresents to someone. One always need to take the patent. To take a patent is to responsible for their risk....

Raja Midas mencari Silenus, teman setia Dionysus, dan menanyakan kepadanya: “Apa kebahagiaan terbesar manusia?” Silenus tetap muram dan tidak berkomunikasi sampai akhirnya, dipaksa oleh Raja, ia tertawa dengan kencang. “Manusia yang fanatis, lahir karena kecelakaan dan ketekunan, mengapa kamu memaksakanku untuk memberitahu apa yang akan menjadi kebahagiaan terbesarmu yang seharusnya kamu tidak ingin mengetahui? Yang terbaik bagimu adalah tidak pernah dilahirkan. Yang kedua terbaik adalah mati segera!” Bagaimana budaya Hellenik menanggung kebenaran yang mengerikan ini?...

Untuk Budi, rather than building ‘BUKIT ALGORITMA’ the hills of wannabe Silicon Valley algorithms that are centralized, elitist, and stagnant, it’s better to develop a mosque-based social credit system like Chongqing. The title is ‘AKSELERASI SMART CITY MELALUI MASJID BERPRESTASI’ which is more decentralized and prioritizes equal distribution. It gets boring every time there’s a beggar, making it very difficult to verify whether they are genuinely in need or not....

You know what Pareto once said, right? It’s like he figured out that only 20 percent of folks are doing 80 percent of the cool stuff. The rest of us are stuck with these mind-numbing jobs that could easily be replaced by robots. Now, speaking of Indonesia, it’s a Muslim-majority place, but that whole “Isy kariman Au Mutsyahidan”, live gloriously or die a martyr thing? Well, it’s more of a catchy slogan than anything else....

Algo goblok! Aku dapet iklan liburan melulu. Sudah tau aku ini orang nasionalis chauvinist, atau namanya lainnya orang kerdil. Melihat para TKI dan TKW yang menyumbang devisa, adalah suatu ketololan apabila kau keluar hanya untuk bersenang-senang, kecuali kau bisa mengeruk dan mencuri dari mereka yang di luar. Ketika melihat daerahmu sendiri kacau balau dengan kabel-kabel sarang laba-laba, siapa itu penyusun sarang laba-laba? Ialah ia yang memperlambat dan meracunimu dengan gedung-gedung kotak, yang tiap hari memberikan pesan ‘daftar di situs kami, maka kamu akan jadi dewa petir’....

Job hopping resembles the traveler’s journey in Kino’s travels in “Kino no Tabi.” Traveling seems to be a dream shared by many, akin to creating a legacy like Ibn Battuta and others did in previous generations. However, this notion appears outdated now due to the advent of tools like Google Maps. While such tools cover most places, some areas remain uncharted, and they fail to capture the true ambiance and local behavior, or in a places like China might lack comprehensive map reviews due to strict government policies....