Well, another box is suggested by the maxim better to fail quickly than to fail slowly which I’m attributing to venture capitalists but also applies in everyday life. Better to have a marriage fail after 7 months rather than 7 years; better to decide you don’t really want to do a Ph.D. after 7 months rather than 7 years. Actions that turn slow-failure outcomes into fast-failure outcomes may be better; you can stop what you’re doing and try something completely different, outside the context of the model.

Snakes & Ladders is one of the popular board games. Just for fun, I have tried revisiting this game from a math perspective. There are many variations of the game where each variation differs from the other in terms of the position of ladders and snakes. I picked this specific version from this wiki Blurb from Wikipedia Snakes and Ladders (or Chutes and Ladders) is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic.

A glowing review of the book, “The Theory That Would Not Die”, by Christian Robert in current issue of Chance : A few days ago, prior to reading her book and writing this review, I had lunch with the author of The Theory That Would Not Die, Sharon McGrayne, in a Parisian café. We had a wonderful chat about why she wrote the book and about the people she met during its completion.

“A little educated man has done this for the society , What will you surplus educated people do for the society?” , asks an Indian Innovator.

The classic wisdom of “Staying in the NOW” is verified by an iPhone App.