Unlike many other microbreweries we have been to in the recent past, the beer was actually good. The food too, except for a couple of misses. As long as you aren’t too finicky about them sticking to the name and offering a library ambiance, and have strong eardrums, you should be fine. When in Koramangala, definitely worth dropping in.
The book makes a case for reason, science, humanism and progress. You might wonder if it really needs to be made, but 450 pages have been devoted to address the rebuttal for the author’s earlier work on a similar subject! While that is done eloquently, my skepticism arises from the definition of progress and how it manifests in the specific human condition. We are better off when we measure ourselves based on past societal indices, but I am not sure the indices of the future will tell the same story.
We’ve gone a long way since Keynes predicted in the 1930s that we will have a 15 hour work week in a few decades. When I started thinking about why we (the majority) never really got around to that, I realised that many parts of our lives are increasingly being optimised for efficiency, and that too for its own sake. When do we say ‘enough’?
Biergarten in Whitefield has become a favourite over a period of time, and its Koramangala version did not disappoint. The place is massive and features a menu that’s different from what’s available in Whitefield. Save space for desserts!
The books I really enjoy are the ones that capture and articulate a fundamental insight. This is one such. Tim Wu studies the history of information and communication empires, and illustrates a predictable path they follow – he calls it The Cycle. The biggest game changer we have seen in modern times is the internet, and the question he seeks to answer through this book is “which is mightier : the radicalism of the Internet or the inevitability of the Cycle?” An absolutely fascinating read.