Re: [silk] Slow thinking

2018-08-09 Thread Kavita ATD
Is it merely coincidental that this topic is also on Anand Sanwal's email today (CBInsights) where he mentions the following: I’m always impressed by people at our events who can take a question and spit out a really cogent, crisp, and thoughtful answer. But maybe those folks aren’t the norm?

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

2018-08-09 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 15:09, Simmi Sareen wrote: > Should we do 7 pm in BKC then? Top options: > 1. O Pedro > 2. Soda bottle openerwala > 3. Smokehouse Deli > > Of the three, Smokehouse is most likely to be flexible on availability. The > other two tend to get busy and need reservations. > Meat

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

2018-08-09 Thread Simmi Sareen
Should we do 7 pm in BKC then? Top options: 1. O Pedro 2. Soda bottle openerwala 3. Smokehouse Deli Of the three, Smokehouse is most likely to be flexible on availability. The other two tend to get busy and need reservations. On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 11:59 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan <

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

2018-08-09 Thread Peter Griffin
Point is: When you’re less impulsive and more deliberate like this, it can > be a little inconvenient for other people, but that’s OK. > > Someone asks you a question. You don’t need to answer. You can say, “I > don’t know,” and take your time to answer after thinking. > > Things happen. Someone

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

2018-08-09 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 11:24, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > 13th seems to work for everyone, so 13th August it shall be. > > Simmi, could you please choose a venue? I would prefer something along the > western line, but I can commute to the central side if necessary. > > Devdas Bhagat Apologies for

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

2018-08-09 Thread gabin kattukaran
On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 11:08, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 10:35 AM Biju Chacko wrote: > > Let me get back to you on this. > > > > I was betting that either you or Gabin would be the first to respond with > something like this. > I would have but he replied before I had a

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

2018-08-09 Thread Venkatesh H R
Agreed 100%. Echoes of Daniel Kahneman’s work here on fast and slow thinking which has incidentally informed a lot of my work in the disinformation space. There’s also Paul Salopek’s Slow Journalism (he’s walking through India presently for Nationals Geographic) and even apparently a Slow Fashion

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

2018-08-09 Thread Deepa Mohan
Until now I felt that my ability to come up with a cogent (and sometimes extremely witty) response several hours later was an example of my being "slow on the uptake" (in the derogatory sense that this phrase is used).Glad that it is being validated now...as is my general inability to "multitask"

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

2018-08-09 Thread Radhika, Y.
I'll take a couple of days...

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

2018-08-09 Thread Shenoy N
Almost the opposite happens to me (which could well be because my thinking is shallow) but I tend to be satisfied with my first response. There are exceptions of course. Complex questions. Questions that have lots of nuance. Questions the answers to which change dramatically based on little known