Sitara Srinivasan

Core Ideas

• Using science as a vehicle to understand life and make the world better.
• The importance of challenging societal norms and actively questioning pseudoscience.
• Understanding variables in Newton's Second Law, Chaos Theory, and the Butterfly Effect.
• The mindset shift from being a time teller to a clock builder.

Resources & References

• Podcast Discussion Points: At 22, how she developed a sense of vision for what she wanted and started Naxxatra, beginning by reaching out and building a community that shared the same passion., The many setbacks she has endured while pursuing her dream of creating a company and her vision to create hundreds of scientists through the brand she runs independently., How, as a child, she knew that science was her way to make the world a better place and reach her own goals., Why science is fueled by curiosity, and how it’s a vehicle to discover the mysteries of life., How to ask questions daily—some purely challenging, others opening new understanding—and how debates can have lasting effects on your mindset., A concise, simplified explanation of the variables in Newton’s Second Law., Why pseudoscience is a problem in our society and how it can be avoided by questioning everything we hear, no matter how popular it is., Juggling priorities as an entrepreneur and the importance of handling one thing at a time., What we can do to encourage children to be critical and rational thinkers instead of just absorbing knowledge., How the vast study of astronomy can lead to many different job opportunities and why it’s important to find what you love and make it happen., Human curiosity as ever-present and unquenchable., Why generalists may do better than specialists in the near future., The idea that you either become a timeteller or a clockbuilder., An explanation of the Butterfly Effect, NonLinear Dynamics, and Chaos Theory.
• Sitara: Instagram, Company
• Links and Resources: STEM, CERN, Khan Academy
• Personalities Mentioned in This Episode: OSHO, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
• Books: Surely you must be Joking, Lilavati, The Suryasiddhanta, Zero to One, The Theory of Everything, Logic Comix, The 7 Habits of Effective People, Chaos, Slight Edge, Numbers, Behave, The Feynman Lectures, The Story of Philosophy, Surely you’re Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character
• Others: First Principle Approach, Universal Law of Gravitation, Newton’s Second Law, NASA, ISRO, IUCAA, IISC, Apollo Program, Equinox Program, Non-Linear Dynamics and Chaos Theory, Butterfly Effect, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, REAP, Harmonica, Carnatic Music, Seinfeld, TikTok, Batman, Devanagri Script, Aryabhata

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