kindred spirits

friendship is a series of affordances offered and accepted

conclusions from putting my 20-year-long friendships under the microscope

May 1 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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February 2026

god, I just want to get smarter

notes on rewilding my brain

Feb 20 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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ghosts in our own lives

notes on caring more

Feb 6 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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10

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October 2025

How to make $183 billion disappear

What Claude's viral NYC pop-up and "thinking" cap reveals about tech culture's hunger for meaning

Oct 7, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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July 2025

two ways to create reality

which end will you choose to start from?

Jul 20, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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May 2025

no one is an island, everyone is vanilla extract

desire needs reverberation to come alive

May 10, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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April 2025

committed seriousness creates its own gravity

or, you can just take things seriously

Apr 19, 2025

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March 2025

when two people talk, a third thing emerges

observations on generating great conversations

Mar 29, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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AI filters don't replace art any more than instant ramen replaces food

Reducing Studio Ghibli to an AI filter shows everything wrong with how we now see art and creativity

Mar 28, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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process notes: the notebooks I keep

thoughts on keeping journals + my favourite supplies

Mar 8, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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February 2025

identity is just narrative waiting for evidence

on choosing better stories about yourself and letting reality catch up

Feb 22, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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January 2025

commitment is an act of agency

optionality sometimes feels like Midas gold

Jan 11, 2025 • Sindhu Shivaprasad

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