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‘Listen, Sadasiva, this world is a mirage, a bubble that can burst anytime. Understand this and be free of all expectations. Happiness is a state of mind not dependent on anything you possess.

“Dubsmash hit the number-one spot in the German app store just seven days after launch.”
― Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
― Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
“Tencent apps account for roughly half the time Chinese spend on their smartphones.”
― Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
― Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance
“Consciousness is the source of the “mind”. The mind functions as the link between the Self, which is pure consciousness, and the body, which is inert [when absent that link].”
― Ramana Maharshi: Teachings of Self-Realization
― Ramana Maharshi: Teachings of Self-Realization
“It is only the ‘individual’ mind that sees the world. When this mind disappears, the world also disappears…. The world appears when you wake up [from sleep]. So where is it? Clearly, the world [awake or dreaming] is in your thought….”
― Ramana Maharshi: Teachings of Self-Realization
― Ramana Maharshi: Teachings of Self-Realization
“Ponzi borrower’ borrows based on the belief that the appreciation of the value of the asset will be sufficient to refinance the debt but could not make sufficient payments on interest or principal with the cash flow from investments. Only the appreciating asset value can keep the Ponzi borrower afloat. If the use of Ponzi finance is general enough in the financial system, then the inevitable default by the Ponzi borrower can cause the financial system to go into seizure when the bubble pops and asset prices stop increasing and the banks/markets stop lending.”
― NEVER TOO BIG TO FAIL: The Collapse of IL&FS and its Ten Trillion-Rupee Maze
― NEVER TOO BIG TO FAIL: The Collapse of IL&FS and its Ten Trillion-Rupee Maze

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