Hindsight is not 20–20. Not even close. Our view of the past, in fact, is hardly clearer than our view of the future. While we know more about a past event than a future one, our understanding of the…

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

Jan 22, 2012

the deal with manufacturing.

A few years ago I was obsessed with manufacturing. While not an expert, I have read thousands of pages on the topic and hundreds of articles. In my campaign for Congress, I tried to make jobs, and as a result, manufacturing a cornerstone. All that to say, that this is something…

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

Jul 15, 2009

financial services reading.

Lots of disturbing, horrifying, and bizarre facts out there about the state of the financial services sector of our economy.

One of my all-time favorite writers, Michael Lewis, has a great piece on AIG in Vanity Fair.

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

Jun 8, 2009

good articles to read, take two.

Con’t…

6) Dream on a shelf — ESPN.com OTL. Interesting read on the insides of big money sport. More as a human interest story than financial deep-dive.

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

Jun 1, 2009

2 hours of pain and bliss.

Below are some of the more interesting articles I’ve found over the past month. Not sure if it adds up to 2 hours of reading, but it sounded like a good title to me. Why pain? Because reading some of these articles made my blood boil and indignation rage. After avoiding these kinds…

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

May 9, 2009

reading: the unforgiving minute.

I read Joker One and The Unforgiving Minute back-to-back (thanks, Amazon recommendations!) I expected…

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

Apr 26, 2009

does twitter improve memory?

Last month I read an article in Wired about a woman who remembers everything. You name a date and she’ll tick off hundreds of events that have happened to her on this date. The publicity eventually attracted Wired. The article reached the new conclusion that the reason she…

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

Feb 24, 2009

religion vs spirituality.

I’ve long listened to the discussion between being “religious” vs “spiritual.” Of late, I’ve heard of a lot of fatigue with people classifying themselves as “spiritual.” I suspect this has to do with how nebulous a term “spiritual” actually is and how many people have chosen to…

surya yalamanchili in suryasays

Dec 26, 2008

if you liked slumdog millionaire…

One of my favorite things to do with a couple of stray hours is to go sit in a theater and watch a movie. Growing up, there were few things I looked forward to as much. Past few weeks I’ve watched a bunch…