Shashi Sastry’s Philosophy Podcast

How to Become an Enterprise Architect

This podcast walks you through the stages of becoming an IT Enterprise Architect.  It is the second podcast in a series from Quality-Thinking.com on demystifying architecture.

The 3 Most Powerful Architecture Decisions

In this podcast, Shashi Sastry talks about the three most important architecture problems and how to deal with them to speed up your solution design as an architect.  It also lays out the principles and mantras that ensure that the decisions will be of a high quality.  Understanding and practising this will increase your expertise as an IT architect.

Book: Philosophy of Life Instinct: Introduction

The introductory chapter of the book 'Philosophy of Life Instinct', read by the author Shashi Sastry.

Be a Master, Not a Jack.

Expertise is vital; brilliance is precious.

So Sure You Are Right? You’re Wrong Already!

This is a story about the problem with overconfidence and assumptions and why we need to question ourselves when we make statements.

The Tyranny of Buzzwords

This story is about the dangers of the increasing use of jargon in industry and life and a fervent appeal to eliminate it.

Are You Having a Good Day? Or Bad? Neither Will Last.

This story is about the inevitable alternation of good and bad days in our lives, why it happens, and how to take this phenomenon in our stride.

Humanity is Most Civilised in This Country!

This story evaluates which country has progressed the most in terms of civilisation by comparing eleven key parameters.

What is the Natural Source of Our Responsibility?

This story is about the origins of our sense of care for others and the environment. It identifies the two sources as self-interest and metaphysical transcendental understanding.

5 Shocking Tumours in the Body of Humanity Today

This story lists the five most serious problems of humanity as a species, and how much things could be different if we got rid of them.