Heading back to the stone age

- Archaeologists studied the Dolmen of Menga, revealing Neolithic builders' grasp of physics, geometry, and geology. - Using laser scans and old excavation diagrams, researchers pieced together the construction process of the 6,000-year-old stone chamber. - The dolmen's builders transported 32 giant stone blocks from a quarry 1 km away, forming a massive chamber with precise engineering. - The study shows the builders used counterweights and ramps to fit stones with millimetre precision, ensuring the monument's stability. - Despite being in an earthquake-prone area, the dolmen remains intact, showcasing the builders' advanced understanding of science. Source: [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02776-w)

How much importance do you give to aesthetics in your life? We are lagging behind in aesthetics compared to many developed countries. Why things like having clean roads, good personal care and hygiene, building nice public places is still not an Indian thing?

The file of Crowdstrike written using AI, an attempt to pull down entire systems or just to see the scale of penetrations by a single org. AI collecting the finding by scraping the internet, interconnecting the impact, chaos and time taken to revert. How about next time when things would not turn back on because the hardware is compromised. Every laptop, server fried to its core and no way to recover since that safe boot is also not available.. This CS incident is a reminder that no matter what politicians, technologist, or any one says about a well interconnected world we have created but in reality we have become more fragile that a single file or a single line of code made our world standstill for hours and we cannot do anything about it. Technology is in hands of few is a fearful.

Hey Grapeviners, Hope you are enjoying your "Ravivar". Was sitting and introspecting a lot of things. One thing I came across that I am becoming more and more pessimistic in regards with career , food habits , society, and many more. With so much uncertainty in jobs , recession , scams in exams not so much optimistic about exams. So many food pundits giving their gyaan ke yeh mat khao , vo mat khao nahin to aisa ho jayega. Yeh khaane se heart attack rates badh rahe... Society is just totally selfish. Still contemplating what happened in UP 😂😂. What should I do to become optimistic. I can also not ignore these things as jo bhi hain I find some sort of truth in it.. Mobile dekhna band bhi nahin kar sakta as it will transport me to cave ages. What do you guyz do to keep yourself "hopeful" and can say "the things which you look forward in future".

Is it just me or is even a job at the best Tech companies just don’t make any sense for women? There are always women who have great family support or husbands that are understanding and encouraging. But generally why does it seem like becoming a senior woman in tech even at the best places is sort of unattractive and significantly increases your odds of “failure” outside of work e.g. divorce,having kids late? Interested for thoughts from both men and women.

Too many things to manage, too many expectations to live up to, too many decisions to make. After all what does it matter!!

Dual Income and No Kids sounds very attractive but advice from people in their late 20s and 30s is probably too biased to be considered sound advice. Wanted to understand how couples who took that decision in their 30s feel today. Do you regret it? Do you feel purposeless? Do you feel lonely? Do you feel the FOMO? And so on.

Just curious, no need to be offended. I see many people here talking about it. "Indian culture Indian culture" what will happen if it vanishes, don't tell me bs about "other community" or "western tradition will take over". What will happen if our culture is not here anymore? Also isn't this kind of bs? We won't actually forget who we are, I would still boast about my great grandfather fighting for India during independence to my kids and grandkids. Even if it vanishes in next 50 years my surname will be same for coming centuries. Even if it vanishes today, my digestive, respiratory systems and other systems would work perfectly normal. I would still remember all my gods and worship them. So my questions are: 1. What is Indian culture for you? 2. Why is it important for you (no bs reasons like community taking over, or kids should know this, genuine reasons only please) 3. What will happen if it vanishes? If you haven't thought about it, think deeply. Why? What? And How?