My friend
Vivek and I have been thoroughly confused for a long time about what we wanted to do with our lives (apart from doing nothing). Every time we discussed, a new alternative came up. Vivek has so far tried out a few of them. I, on the other hand, have consistently worked on becoming a lease-worthy accountant. He had tried doing that as well but he left for good a long time ago.
As I sat waiting in my oh-so-corporatised-office for more work, I stumbled upon a man and his work. Rube Goldberg!
He inspired movies like Home Alone and SAW. His name is used as a metaphor for unnecessary over-complication in the fields of computer programming and neuroscience. He is the opposite of Occam's Razor. Here are a few of Mr. Goldberg's cartoons. They are really intriguing, intelligent and funny in their own way.
P.S. If you still didn't get it, the stuff about Vivek was just to complicate it unnecessarily! He can be a good cartoonist himself though.
