Author: Cipta

  • Ask a good question

    People take pleasure in asking a good question to an AI and get a good answer. Do they take the same pleasure when they ask a good question to themselves and get a good answer?

  • Prompt Engineering

    It is simply a reflection of how you think. If you think well, then you know how to ask the right question. If you can think logically, critically, and with a clear objective, you can engineer a good prompt.

  • Creativity

    Creativity stands as one of humanity’s most defining characteristics—a trait that has shaped our species’ journey from prehistoric survival to modern civilization’s complex achievements. We have explored creativity not merely as a luxury of the privileged few but as a fundamental aspect of human existence with deep evolutionary roots and profound implications for our collective…

  • Books

    Books are our thinking partners. We ask questions, the book answers. The answers may spark another questions that you may have to answer yourself.

  • Data Analysis

    Step 1: Initial Assessment and Preparation The first step in any analysis is to examine the dataset to determine the appropriate methodology.Determine the Analysis Type: The nature of the dataset dictates the approach.For a supervised dataset, if the dependent variable is categorical, a classification algorithm is used. If the dependent variable is numerical,regression is the…

  • Philosophy and Management

    One of the great confusions of modern life is the tendency to mix up two very different things: philosophy and self-management. We are constantly told to build systems, optimize routines, and organize our days with greater precision. But much of this advice fails for a simple reason: it tries to make a scheduling tool carry…

  • Complexity

    I am interested in finding relationships between ideas from seemingly unrelated systems. A simulation of interaction between particles on the surface of a lattice may gives us an insight about social dynamics. A circuit of mechanical springs might have something to say about the behavior of a protein molecule. Electron transfer between a crystal bulk…

  • Positive Thinking

    Positive thinking is far more sophisticated than the shallow optimism that pervades our modern discourse. What emerges from this reflections is a philosophy that is both deeply realistic and profoundly hopeful – not in spite of life’s difficulties, but because of how we can choose to engage with them. I began by illuminating our evolutionary…

  • Creativity: The Labor of Uncertainty and the Light of Becoming

     In the course of my daily life, I often find myself navigating the unknown. As a data scientist, I’m handed a problem—often urgent and complex—but the path to the solution is rarely clear. I must formulate the problem myself, often through a series of failed approaches. The process is neither linear nor predictable. Similarly, in…