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Comment author: blogospheroid 17 April 2009 09:54:51AM * 2 points [-]

Handle: blogospheroid - (I'm fat)
Name: Prakash Chandrashekar
Location: Bangalore, India
Age: 29
Education: Btech (BS) in civil engineering, Post Grad diploma in Management
Occupation: Functional consultant for Enterprise software implementation
Hobby: Browsing the net. I lurk a lot, comment very little.
Political beliefs - georgist libertarian, enthusiastic about dynamic geography
Religious, ethical beliefs - Atheist about omnipotent god, Agnostic about simulation controllers/watchers, believer in karma and reincarnation, searching for a true dharma in this weird age, greater intelligence is one of the few true ways of finding win-win situations
philosophical influences - vivekananda, ayn rand, nietszche, pirsig, eliyahu goldratt, the economist/technophile cluster, yudkowsky
Short term goal - Lose fat, keep job
Medium Term goal - conquer fear (of failure, mostly), achieve financial independence
Long term goal - expand mental capacity and live a full life